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201736
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 22:18
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Hyundai Motor's labor union chief nearly severs finger
ULSAN, Aug. 16 (Yonhap) -- The chief of Hyundai Motor Co.'s labor union nearly cut off his finger on Tuesday while showing his resolve to reach the best possible deal with the management.
Lee Gyeong-hun was at a meeting with union members on the lawn of a Hyundai car plant in Ulsan, some 414 kilometers south of Seoul. He rose to the podium to explain how talks with the management were progressing, and pledged to be on the side of the more than 2,000 union members gathered.
He then pulled out a hatchet and cut off part of his left pinky, prompting other union officials to rush him to a hospital. The finger is expected to be stitched back on at a hospital in the southern port city of Busan.
"Chairman Lee was showing his determination to produce a result that satisfies many union members during this year's talks with the management over wages and a collective agreement," said a union member who declined to be named.
Negotiations, which started in June and broke down late last month, have faced various obstacles, including differences over the so-called "time-off system" that limits wage payments to full-time unionists.
Lee Gyeong-hun was at a meeting with union members on the lawn of a Hyundai car plant in Ulsan, some 414 kilometers south of Seoul. He rose to the podium to explain how talks with the management were progressing, and pledged to be on the side of the more than 2,000 union members gathered.
He then pulled out a hatchet and cut off part of his left pinky, prompting other union officials to rush him to a hospital. The finger is expected to be stitched back on at a hospital in the southern port city of Busan.
"Chairman Lee was showing his determination to produce a result that satisfies many union members during this year's talks with the management over wages and a collective agreement," said a union member who declined to be named.
Negotiations, which started in June and broke down late last month, have faced various obstacles, including differences over the so-called "time-off system" that limits wage payments to full-time unionists.
