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82 Hyundai workers hurt in labor clash in South Korea
Birmingham News ^ | 07/22/2013 | Dawn Kent Azok

Posted on 07/22/2013 5:59:39 PM PDT by TexGrill

Hyundai Motor Co. says 82 workers at its largest auto assembly plant were injured in a Saturday clash with labor activists, Bloomberg reports.

The three-hour dispute in Ulsan, South Korea, was between Hyundai security guards and managers and activists from an umbrella group of labor unions that were demanding better conditions for temporary workers. The company estimated $2 million in damages.

Some members of the group tried to use force to enter the plant, throwing bamboo sticks and stones at Hyundai security personnel, who in turn used fire hoses to keep them at bay, Bloomberg said.

(Excerpt) Read more at al.com ...


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1 posted on 07/22/2013 5:59:39 PM PDT by TexGrill
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To: TexGrill

I assume their workers in Montgomery Alabama are much more docile.


2 posted on 07/22/2013 6:03:23 PM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: TexGrill

Was George Zimmerman involved in the melee?


3 posted on 07/22/2013 6:08:23 PM PDT by Gamecock (Member: NAACAC)
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activists from an umbrella group of labor unions


The Hyundai insurance underwriters will find the pockets of the umbrella union thugs... I hope.


4 posted on 07/22/2013 6:12:35 PM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To: TexGrill

South Korea has some of the most zealous riots I’ve ever seen as neither side will ever give up or show weakness.


5 posted on 07/22/2013 6:12:55 PM PDT by BBell (The Blue Dog is Stupid)
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To: TexGrill; All

And we just signed a Free Trade deal with the SoKos...maybe we actually signed a Free Trade deal with someone that does not want our American jobs?

Labor has gone Gangnam Style


6 posted on 07/22/2013 6:23:23 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (Take a Stand, Take a Stand, Take a Stand Against The Black Ku Klux Klan)
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To: TexGrill

82 Hyindai workers wounded.
0 KIA.


7 posted on 07/22/2013 6:24:27 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (I'm so conservative I won't even wear progressive bifocals.)
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To: nascarnation

We don’t have any automotive unions in Alabama, which explains why we have Hyundai, Toyota, Honda and Mercedes.


8 posted on 07/22/2013 8:02:27 PM PDT by CWW (Pray for God's Protection!)
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Several auto parts suppliers in the Tuscaloosa area are union.


9 posted on 07/23/2013 9:17:31 AM PDT by TweetEBird007
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