Hyundai Workers Go On Strike For The First Time In A Decade And Robots Are Partly To Blame

Workers from Hyundai, Kia, and suppliers went on strike in South Korea. Employees are demanding a higher retirement age and better job protections. Union members are worried about Hyundai’s plan to deploy robots at factories. Hyundai and Kia employees in South Korea have walked off the assembly line as they’ve reportedly held their first full ‌strike in a decade. They were joined by people who work for suppliers as all three groups are demanding better pay and job security. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== “DESKTOP”){ adpushup.triggerAd(“0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8”); } else { adpushup.triggerAd(“82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f”); } }); According to Reuters, around 40,000 union members from Hyundai are…

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