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Business News/ Companies / News/  Hyundai union okays wage deal after costliest-ever strike
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Hyundai union okays wage deal after costliest-ever strike

A total of 52.7% of voters approved the agreement, while 46.6% rejected the deal

Hyundai Motor sold 4.6% less vehicles in August than the same month last year, the first fall since May 2009. Photo: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)Premium
Hyundai Motor sold 4.6% less vehicles in August than the same month last year, the first fall since May 2009. Photo: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters


(Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)

Seoul: The South Korean labour union of Hyundai Motor Co. narrowly voted in favour of a wage deal, averting more strikes and production losses at the auto maker that had led to its first monthly sales drop in over three years.

photoA total of 52.7% of voters approved the agreement, while 46.6% rejected the deal, a union spokesman said on Tuesday.

In July and August, the union staged a series of partial strikes over pay and conditions, its first in four years and a reminder of the 1980s and 1990s when industrial action was a more common feature of corporate Korea.

The walkouts stopped Hyundai from making 82,088 cars worth 1.7 trillion Korean won ($1.50 billion) in its costliest strike ever.

Hyundai Motor sold 4.6% less vehicles in August than the same month last year, the first fall since May 2009.

The firm will try to make up for the lost production with extra work later this year, company officials have said.

Under the latest deal, Hyundai, which has been running its Korean plants 24 hours a day for the past 45 years, has agreed to scrap overnight work and shorten work hours from March 2013.

This has raised concerns about output losses, although the automaker says it will boost productivity through facility investments.

The latest deal between union leaders and company management, which has been under discussion since May, includes a 5.4% rise in basic salaries, a bonus equivalent to five months’ salary plus a 9.6 million Korean won ($8,500) payment for each worker. Reuters

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Published: 04 Sep 2012, 08:24 AM IST
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