‘Conflict between Hyundai Motors security guard and subcontractor rally participants’ unfair labor practice not recognized

Illegal dispatch filed in the same petition is acknowledged... Labor union: “We condemn and condemn the original government”

(Ulsan = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Ji-hyeon = Labor authorities concluded that the violence between company security guards and participants in an employment succession rally for an in-house subcontractor that occurred in front of Hyundai Motor Company's Ulsan plant in March and April last year was not an unfair labor practice.

According to the Ulsan Eastern Branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor on the 13th, the branch investigated the case recently filed by laid-off workers at Isu Enterprise and concluded that there were no allegations of unfair labor practices.

The purpose is that it is difficult to say that Hyundai Motor Company was in an employer position that could have influenced the workers' union activities at the time.

However, the illegal dispatch of workers from this company, which was raised in the same petition, was acknowledged, and an order was issued to Hyundai Motor Company to stop direct employment.

The Ulsan regional headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions issued a statement saying, “We strongly condemn the indulgence granted to the Hyundai Motor Company,” and added, “We will fight until the end until unfair labor practices are punished.”

Isu Enterprise was an in-house subcontractor that was in charge of transporting vehicles for export at Hyundai Motor Company's Ulsan plant, and all workers were fired when it closed down in September 2024.

Afterwards, at two demonstrations demanding employment succession held in front of Hyundai Motor Company's Ulsan plant in March and April of last year, participants clashed with company security, resulting in several injuries and some being taken into police custody.

The union claimed that the management had mobilized security personnel, the so-called 'death squad', to use violence against rally participants and interfere with union activities, and has been demanding labor inspection for allegations of illegal dispatch and unfair labor practices.