GM Korea’s unionised workers continue partial strikes

GlobalData

Wed, July 22, 2026 astatine 7:07 AM CDT 1 min read

Workers astatine GM Korea, the South Korean subsidiary of US automaker General Motors, person continued their partial onslaught enactment into a 2nd week, aft their labour union, which is affiliated with the Korean Metal Workers' Union, failed to scope an statement with the automaker connected salaries and bonuses.

Unionised workers downed tools for 4 hours crossed each shifts connected 21and 22 July, demanding a KRW 149,600 (US$ 100) summation successful basal monthly pay, a KRW 30 cardinal (US$ 20,240) yearly performance-related bonus per worker, and a steadfast committedness to introducing caller models astatine the company's plants.

GM Korea's planetary income roseate by 10.5% to 275,523 units successful the archetypal six months of 2026, driven chiefly by a 12% emergence successful exports to 270,252 units, mostly to the US, portion home income plunged by implicit 35% to 5,271 units. The institution has acceptable a accumulation people of 500,000 vehicles for 2026, up from 462,310 units successful 2025, chiefly to conscionable increasing overseas demand, peculiarly successful the US.

Earlier this year, GM Korea pledged to put US$ 600 cardinal to upgrade its section manufacturing operations for the accumulation of next-generation models.

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