HD Hyeonjung Mipo Chairman, who was fasting in protest against working conditions, was transferred to the hospital

(Ulsan = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Ji-hyeon = Kim Tae-am, chairman of the Mipo Committee of the Hyundai Heavy Industries branch of the Metal Workers' Union (HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union), who had been on a hunger strike due to difficulties in negotiating wages and collective agreements, was transferred to the hospital on the 22nd.

According to the union and police, Chairman Kim complained of headaches and dizziness starting around 4 PM on this day, and was taken to Ulsan University Hospital by 119 ambulance around 6 PM. It’s been 14 days since I started fasting.

Chairman Kim is currently receiving intravenous fluid treatment, and it has been confirmed that there are no major health problems such as blood pressure and pulse.

Chairman Kim, who leads the Mipo Committee, made up of former HD Hyundai Mipo union members, has been on a hunger strike since the 8th in protest against the adjustment of labor conditions after integration.

Kim Dong-ha, branch manager of Hyundai Heavy Industries, has also been conducting a high-altitude sit-in at a height of about 25 meters near the Ulsan headquarters' Daejojeop Plant 1 since the 18th.

The union has been holding a partial strike for 7 hours a day for all union members since the 19th, as there has been no progress in negotiations since the first provisional agreement for this year's collective wage agreement was rejected in a vote of union members on the 2nd.