After overnight negotiations, a dramatic agreement, such as restoring 25 minutes of overtime work… Members vote for or against the 29th
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hana = Kia Motors[000270] The labor and management came up with a provisional agreement for wage and group negotiations this year after labor and labor, including a four-week partial strike.
According to the labor and management of Kia Motors on the 22nd, the labor and management representatives, including CEO Joon-young Choi (Vice President) and Choi Jong-tae, head of the union branch, attended the 16th main negotiations held at the Sohari Plant from the previous day.
‘Restoration of 30 minutes of overtime’, the biggest issue, is Hyundai Motor Company[005380]They agreed at the same 25-minute overtime as
Kia Motors said, “Based on the premise of preserving wages by making up for production capacity, we have agreed on concrete implementation plans, including actual overtime and productivity improvement, additional work hours, and production stabilization measures.”
In the case of extension of the retirement age, which had a large difference in positions between labor and management, the existing veteran program was expanded and reorganized to broaden the options for retirees to contribute to the company’s growth after retirement.
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The provisional agreement included the freezing of the basic salary, the payment of 150% of management incentives, the special encouragement of Corona, 1.2 million won, and 1.5 million won of traditional market gift certificates.
Kia Motors explained that the wages were frozen in 11 years after the 2009 financial crisis.
The labor and management also prepared plans for future eco-friendly car plans and job security.
These include efforts to stabilize the employment of current employees, present future car plans, expand investment in R&D to secure new technologies, and promote the conversion of a production system for exclusive use and mixed use of electric vehicles.
Along with this, we decided to create a fair and rational business environment such as strengthening the network of business partners, a win-win payment system, and a transparent purchasing practice center to overcome the crisis in the automobile industry and strengthen shared growth with business partners. The group also agreed to run a win-win program worth 1.5 trillion won.
The labor and management of Kia Motors said that amid the spread of the third corona 19 pandemic, the company agreed that negotiations need to be concluded to prepare for the future car and lead the change in the automobile industry.
Kia Motors reported that the company decided to jointly respond to the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases including Corona 19, and to secure employee health rights by strengthening prevention and quarantine activities.
The Kia Motors union is scheduled to hold a vote for and against the provisional agreement on the 29th. If a majority of the voters approve, the provisional agreement is finally settled.
A Kia Motors official said, “In order to overcome the crisis caused by the re-proliferation of Corona 19 and to resolve the uncertainty in the automobile industry, a consensus was formed that the labor and management had to complete the bargaining. There were difficulties in the negotiation process, but the spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation between labor and management Based on this, I look forward to the cooperation of employees so that the company can take on new challenges.”
Prior to this, Kia Motors’ labor and management held 16 main negotiations after the meeting on August 27th.
On the 16th of last month, the management suggested the same level as Hyundai Motors, but the union declared a breakdown in negotiations, demanding restoration of 30 minutes of overtime work, extension of the retirement age, and direct production of electric car parts, and has been on a partial strike for 4 weeks since the 25th of last month.
The Kia Motors union has been on strike for nine consecutive years since 2011, and production disruption due to this partial strike is reported to have reached 47,000 units.
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