Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor accept wage deal

Unionized workers of Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automaker, have voted to accept a wage deal for this year, including a 100,000 won ($73) increase in monthly base pay, the union said Tuesday. In a vote held Monday, 61.55 percent of 31,166 union members who cast a ballot approved this year's wage agreement

FILE PHOTO: Members of the Korean Metal Workers' Union chant slogans and raise their fists during a rally outside Hyundai Motor Company headquarters as the automaker's union staged its first full strike in a decade, in Seoul, South Korea, August 21, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon/File Photo 01 Sep 2026 05:28AM SEOUL, Sept