Ssangyong Motor’s union issued a statement saying “I will do my best”
The prerequisite for KDB’s support is “not possible”
Pointed out that the industry is “watching the metal union even on a life-saver
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On the morning of the 5th, a press release in the name of the Ssangyong Motors Labor Union was distributed. “Although negotiations for the sale of the majority shareholder Mahindra and the acquisition candidate HAAH Automotive were unsuccessful, Ssangyong Motor entered the’P Plan’, but the responsibility given to new investors so that even if the P plan rehabilitation procedure proceeds, the new investor can decide as soon as possible. And I will do my part.”
In short, it means that we will cooperate so that the company can be sold well without a strike. Earlier, Mahindra and HAAH tried to complete the sale negotiations by the 28th, which is the legal period for the ARS system to start rehabilitation, but they could not reach an agreement and eventually entered the P plan, a kind of court management.
However, seeing this content that the Ssangyong Motors union emphasized’stable labor-management relations’ and’responsibility and role’, there are many criticisms in the industry that “there is no secret” and “(union’s attitude) is still far away”. This is because it was difficult to find any details about the’three-year labor negotiations’ that the Korea Development Bank nailed as a prerequisite for Ssangyong Motor’s support on the 12th of last month.
The Ssangyong Motors union has already expressed its intention to’reject’ to this condition. On the 20th of last month, the union of Ssangyong Motors said in a propaganda, “The demand for 3-year collective bargaining is a matter that has failed even amid the large-scale trigovernmental negotiations, and a policy that has also failed in GM Korea.” It’s a problem beyond that.”
Why does the Ssangyong Motors union say that it will not strike, but cannot receive the’three-year wage negotiations’? Industry experts point out that the Ssangyong Motors union, which withdrew from the KCTU metals union after the factory occupation strike, which became a public issue in 2009, is still watching the metals union.
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Increasing the frequency of labor-management consultations that are currently being conducted every year is a sharply diverging issue between labor and management. It is also a’request business’ for automobile companies tired of confrontational labor-management relations. Companies are telling us not to exhaustively annually negotiate wage negotiations, which are plagued by strikes and confrontations, but to do a multi-year cycle like the United States (4 years) or Spain (3 years). Then, in-depth labor-management negotiations can be conducted only in the year of the labor-management negotiations, and the rest of the year can focus on improving fundamental competitiveness. In the case of Renault Samsung, it has not yet reached a conclusion of a partnership agreement last year, and even if it is concluded over the years, negotiations must begin again this year. All year round, I am exhausted from negotiating between labor and management.
However, there is no reason for the union to change it to a multi-year cycle. I think the bargaining power is somehow poor. The inertia gained through the struggle every year during the period of high growth also works. GM Korea presented the contents of the two-year labor union agreement to the labor union last year, but the labor union opposes it after contemplating and strikes, and only the one-year contents have been settled.
The auto industry judges that there is a dilemma for the Ssangyong Motors union. It seems that the story of the Ssangyong Motors union, “a policy that has failed in GM Korea” and “a problem beyond the union’s authority,” seems to be embedded in the story. An industry insider said, “Why is the problem that GM Korea throws at us, and it is burdensome in a word to say that it is not an authority”. “It is said that I do not want to be buried in the union society after accepting the proposal for a collective bargaining agreement every three years.” I pinched.
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The industry criticism that “it is still far away” about the Ssangyong Motors union also comes from this point. It is said that’cold rice hot rice’ is covered in this plate. In fact, when the Korea Development Bank proposed’suspension of industrial action’ and’three-year contract negotiations’ as prerequisites for support, the interpretation that the industry showed a forward-looking position on Ssangyong Motor’s support was dominant. Of course, in addition to these conditions, the sale or normalization plan must be carried out first, but it is a question of whether it has taken a step further in the past’No support’.
Nevertheless, the union of Ssangyong Motors announced that it was not possible a week after the remarks of Korea Development Bank Chairman Lee Dong-geol came out, and did not mention anything in the press release on the 5th of this month. It means that the company is standing on a life-severe basis, but it is not as good as a multi-year contract negotiation.
Regarding this, another industry official said, “It makes sense for the Ssangyong Motors union to talk about the need for social discussions, but on the contrary, is it a reality that it is impossible to even start social discussions because of the constrained union.” “It would be helpful to get started, but it seems that refusing to do so even in the context of death or living is still under the influence of the metals union.”
Ssangyong Motor Union Chairman Jeong Il-kwon said in a statement distributed on the 5th, “If the opportunity to survive again comes, we will repay the development of vehicles loved by the people like Tivoli, which opened the era of compact SUVs.” We look forward to presenting a practical solution for the government and creditors.” The KDB has rejected the prerequisites they proposed, but can it come up with a’realistic solution’? As mentioned earlier, there are a number of complex situations surrounding Ssangyong Motors in addition to these conditions, but it seems to be a matter of seeing how the multi-year contract negotiation issue will flow in the future.
/ Reporter Park Hanshin [email protected]
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