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GM Korea Workers Reject Labor Pact
Hourly workers at General Motors Co.'s South Korean unit have voted overwhelmingly against a tentative wage agreement reached last week between their union and the company.
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Hourly workers at General Motors Co.'s South Korean unit have voted overwhelmingly against a tentative wage agreement reached last week between their union and the company.
The rejection could mean the continuation of mini-strikes that have cost that have cost GM Korea 13,300 units of lost production since mid-July. The country is a key export manufacturing base for GM.
The contract would have given employees and increase in base pay and 8 million won ($7,040) in bonuses to each worker. GM agreed to test new work schedules in response to union opposition to overnight shifts.
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