Union workers at Hyundai Motor have said they would not work overtime on Tuesday to press the company to join wage talks with an umbrella union and also to support protests over US beef imports.
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“Daytime union members will not work from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. [local time] after finishing their normal 8 hour shifts. The overtime is not mandatory,” Chang Kyu-ho, a union spokesman, told Reuters by telephone.
“Our first focus is to bring the company to talks with our umbrella union and the second goal is to join the anti-U.S. beef rally,” he added.
The union is demanding Hyundai hold talks with the umbrella Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU) on wage deals and working conditions for this year, but the company has refused, saying it will only negotiate directly with the Hyundai union.
South Korean automakers including Hyundai, Kia Motors, GM Daewoo and Sangyong Motor Co have all turned down the KMWU’s demands for negotiations, the report said.
