Three Days After 'Full-Scale Strike'... Hyundai Motor Management and Union Agree to Hire 500 New Employees

500 New Technical Employees to Be Hired by 2028

Hyundai Motor’s management and labor have reached a tentative agreement to hire 500 new employees as part of this year's wage and collective bargaining negotiations.

On the 21st, as the Hyundai Motor Union began a full strike for the first time in 10 years, the road in front of the Myungchon Main Gate of Hyundai Motor Ulsan Plant in Buk-gu, Ulsan, appeared quiet. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

According to the Hyundai Motor branch of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union on the 24th, management and labor narrowed their differences on the hiring of 500 technical workers and on agenda items related to the basic labor rights of indirect employees, during their 17th round of collective bargaining held at the main building of the Ulsan Plant on this day.

The schedule for recruiting new technical personnel has been reported as follows: 200 will be hired in the second half of next year, and 300 will be hired in 2028.

However, the two sides have yet to bridge their differences on wage-related matters such as base pay and performance bonuses. The union has demanded a comprehensive proposal that includes items related to base pay and bonuses, and management is said to be reviewing this request.

The union escalated pressure by launching a full-scale strike on the 21st for the first time in 10 years. As management and labor resumed wage and collective bargaining negotiations at 2 p.m. on this day, the four-hour partial strike that was scheduled for today has been put on hold.

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