Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Labor Negotiation Stopped

South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union has launched a third partial strike amid fears that the strike has caused delays in the delivery of a large number of new ships amid an already severe labor shortage.

On September 4, the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union held a two-hour partial strike in the afternoon. It was the third partial strike since August 31 and September 1. The union warned that after the partial strike, it would hold an indefinite general strike from September 6 if the collective salary agreement negotiations failed to make progress.

Up to now, among the three major shipping enterprises in South Korea, HD Hyundai Heavy Industry, Hyundai Sanhu Heavy Industry and HD Korea Shipbuilding Ocean, the holding parent company of Hyundai Weipu Shipbuilding, are the only enterprises that have not reached a collective salary agreement with the trade union this year. 

韩国现代重工劳资谈判陷僵局

       由于谈判进展不顺，韩国HD现代重工工会开展第三次部分罢工。在造船业劳动力本就严重短缺的形势下，韩国造船业界对罢工导致大量新船延迟交付的忧虑日益扩大。

       9月4日，HD现代重工工会在当天下午进行了2个小时的部分罢工。这是继8月31日和9月1日之后的第三次部分罢工。工会方面警告称，此次部分罢工后，如果集体薪资谈判还不能取得进展，工会将从9月6日开始举行无限期全面总罢工。

       截至当前，在韩国三大船企中，HD现代重工、现代三湖重工、现代尾浦造船的控股母公司HD韩国造船海洋是唯一一家尚未与工会达成今年薪资集体协议的企业。