Topic: UAW to rally for striking Hyundai workers

[Jeffy]

http://www.freep.com/article/20101203/BUSINESS01/101203054/1320/UAW-to-rally-for-striking-Hyundai-workers

Posted: 4:25 p.m. Dec. 3, 2010 | Updated: 4:37 p.m. Dec. 5, 2010
UAW to rally for striking Hyundai workers

By BRENT SNAVELY
Free Press Business Writer

The UAW today said it supports the rights of workers who are on strike in Korea against Hyundai and said it plans to hold a rally for those workers on Monday near Ann Arbor.

Hyundai’s temporary and contract workers — known in Korea as Precarious workers — have been on strike since Nov. 15 and have shut down production at a plant.

According to the UAW, over one-fifth of Hyundai workers are hired on a temporary basis, often by false subcontractors, and receive lower pay and benefits than those employed directly by Hyundai.

“Precarious workers should be treated in the same manner and have the full rights of regular Hyundai workers,” UAW President Bob King said in a statement. “The UAW and our sister unions around the globe will be standing with these workers until Hyundai stops the violence and repression of these workers and recognizes them as regular Hyundai workers.”

On Monday, the UAW said it plans to hold a rally in support of the Korean workers at Hyundai’s technical center in Superior Township.

"We recognize their right to peacefully demonstrate and will make reasonable accommodations for them," Hyundai's technical center said in a statement emailed to the Free Press on Sunday.

The company declined to comment on the labor dispute in Korea.

Contact Brent Snavely: 313-222-6512 or bsnavely@freepress.com.


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[jfrabat]

Here's a thought; why does the UAW care about what happens to hyundai workers in Korea?  Do they even know how Korean laws work, so they can make an educated comment?