Kia workers strike for higher wages
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at Kia Motors Corp. on Wednesday began a partial strike for higher wages after rejecting the company's proposals last week.
Kia's union said they held a four-hour strike on Wednesday and plan to walk out for eight hours on Thursday.
On Friday, 56 percent of the union's 27,050 workers voted down the deal tentatively agreed between the company and the union on Dec. 10.
Under the initial agreement, Kia offered to raise workers' basic monthly wage by 40,000 won (US$34) and provide bonuses worth one and a half months of wages plus cash of 3.2 million won per worker.
The union said it will decide on whether to continue the industrial action if the company does not come to the negotiating table on Friday.
From January to September, Kia's net profit jumped 39 percent to 1.48 trillion won from 1.06 trillion won a year earlier.
Its sales fell 1.1 percent to 2,543,237 vehicles in the January-November period from 2,571,001 units in the same period a year earlier.
kyongae.choi@yna.co.kr
(END)
-
BTS' J-Hope tries long hair in photo book to be released this month
-
Yoon's approval rating slips for 3rd week: poll
-
Opposition leader says he will appear again before prosecutors for questioning
-
(LEAD) Opposition leader says he will appear again before prosecutors for questioning
-
Ruling party, gov't mulling expanding heating bill support for middle class
-
(LEAD) Most people masked up on 1st day of lifting of mandate rules
-
DP hits back at Yoon's office over stock manipulation allegations involving first lady
-
Jay Park's Won Soju to be sold in U.S.
-
(2nd LD) Search under way for 9 missing after fishing boat capsizes
-
Yoon's approval rating slips for 3rd week: poll
-
(2nd LD) Search under way for 9 missing after fishing boat capsizes
-
Korean American Rep. Young Kim named chair of House Indo-Pacific subcommittee
-
(2nd LD) U.S. remains committed to using full range of capabilities to defend S. Korea: Blinken
-
(LEAD) Opposition party takes to streets to protest prosecution probes into leader
-
(2nd LD) Families of crowd crush victims hold memorial rally in downtown Seoul