{
  "id": 5106394,
  "title": "HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Union Begins Strike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/hd-hyundai-heavy-industries-union-begins-strike",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-02T14:54:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessKorea",
    "slug": "businesskorea",
    "url": "https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=276066"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and its union have entered a fourth consecutive year of strikes after failing to reach common ground on wage negotiations. The Hyundai Heavy Industries branch of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union launched full-scale industrial action on Sep. 2, beginning with a seven-hour partial strike involving executive officers and delegates. The union plans to carry out sequential partial strikes by sub-organization through Sep. 10, and has announced a four-hour partial strike involving all union members on Sep. 15. The central point of contention between the two sides is the scale of the base wage increase. Management put forward a first proposal calling for a 105 thousand-won (approximately $77.78) increase in base pay, including a 35 thousand-won (approximately $26.08) seniority increment, along with an incentive bonus of ‘200%+10 million won (approximately $7,407.41)’ and performance-based pay. The union rejected the proposal outright, noting that it falls below last year’s agreed figure of 135 thousand won (approximately $100.00), which also included seniority increments.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}