Workers at two of South Korea’s car companies continued strike action today (14 July) over demands for higher pay.
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A workers union called a four-hour strike GM Daewoo Auto & Technology (GMDAT). The workers want 8.55% more basic pay and better working conditions among other things.
Reuters said management has offered 4.1%.
“The management’s counter-offers fall well short of our requests,” a GMDAT union official told the news agency.
Further discussions will take place early next week.
Meanwhile, striking workers at Ssangyong Motor were seeking a 10.5% rise as well as protesting against potential job cuts by majority owner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC).
SAIC wants to axe about 13% of the workforce.
The two industrial actions are part of wider unrest in the South Korean motor industry that has been going on for some weeks and is almost an annual ritual at pay talks time, and usually led by Hyundai’s unions.
Workers there have been striking intermittently since June and Kia Motors is likely to be hit by a walk-out next week.
