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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] Hyundai Motor's Asan plant, which had temporarily stopped due to labor-management conflicts over the shortage of new Sonata production personnel, was restarted four hours after the suspension. The input of mass-produced vehicles resumed normally by agreement between labor and management.
According to the industry on the 6th, Hyundai Motor's Asan plant resumed operation at around 5:40 p.m. Hyundai's labor union earlier negotiated with the management over manpower issues to mass-produce the new Sonata The production line was shut down at 1 p.m. that day.
Labor and management of the Asan plant have been in man-hour negotiations since early last month to produce a Sonata partial change model, the Sonata the Edge. Man hour is the number of people needed to make one car per hour, and is usually set through negotiations before the production of new cars.
The union asked the management to increase its workforce on the Sonata The Edge production line. This is because one production line adopts mixed production that assembles several models, which is why labor intensity is high. The Asan plant's hourly production (UPH) is 68 units, twice as high as the Ulsan plant (average of 35 units).
However, the company countered that it could not accept the UPH difference as a simple difference in labor intensity.
In response, the union declared a halt to production, saying it cannot put in personnel until an agreement is reached through a representative meeting. As a result, production disruptions were expected, but production of the new Sonata is expected to proceed as scheduled due to the conclusion of negotiations.
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