Unionised workers at
Hyundai Motor Company have resumed a walkout after failing to hammer out a wage
deal with management.
It's 45,000-strong union
puts down tools for two hours on Wednesday, demanding higher wages.
Hyundai Motors labor union
said will halt work for several hours on six days between Aug. 8 and Aug. 17
and will refuse overtime work on those days. Workers at factories in Ulsan,
Asan and Jeonju have also joined the strike.
The strike comes amid
growing frictions between workers and management in Hyundai Motors.
Kia Motors Corp.,
Hyundai's smaller affiliate, plans to join the strike later this week.
Separately, workers at GM
Korea, the unit of General Motors Co., also plan to strike Wednesday and
Thursday.
Hyundai Motor denounced
the strike in a statement. They said "it is regrettable that a labor union
has decided to go on strike and interrupt negotiations at this critical point.
The union walkout is counterproductive and will harm the workers and Hyundai
customers, as well as the company."
The company said "We
must work together to ride out the economic crisis instead of wasting time on
wrangling,"
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