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Hyundai strike over robot plans halts factory output
Hyundai workers in South Korea have struck over automation plans, halting factory output. The union opposes plans to replace workers with robots in key production lines.
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The Wire takeaway
If you supply automotive components or subsystems to Hyundai, your order book just got disrupted by labour costs you can't control. South Korean unions are winning on automation timelines; that shifts the capital calculus for every supplier in the ecosystem.
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Topics: Manufacturing Tech · Industrial Automation · automation · labour-relations · supply-chain-risk · manufacturing · south-korea