Renault-Samsung trade union electoral renaming of intransigent members Does strike risk increase?

President Park Jong-gyu managed to reconfirm with 56.8% of the votes

Big commitments to rejoin the Federation of Korean Trade Unions and to stabilize employment

Immediately after the announcement of the elections, the right to strike after the vote seems to be ensured

Employees are assembling the cars at Renault Samsung Motors’ Busan factory./Yonhap News

In the elections for the executive department of the Renault Samsung Motors union, current president Park Jong-gyu, classified as a hard line, was reappointed. With the reconfirmation of President Park, who had already led the strike this year and was in conflict with the management, the risk of a strike is growing again for Renault Samsung.

According to the Renault Samsung union on the 9th, candidate Park Jong-gyu, the current president, was re-elected with a 56.8% vote in the executive office elections held that day. Candidate Dongsuk Kim on Silly Street received only 42.4% of the vote. President Park, who managed to reconfirm, pledged to stabilize employment, secure new vehicles and re-enter the KCTU metals union. Gathering the KCTU was President Park’s commitment in previous elections, but it was rejected in a members vote in September.

When President Park was elected, the industry sees that negotiations between Renault and Samsung this year are likely to pass the year. President Park has already had a conflict with management during this year’s labor-level negotiations and, in the process, has already received a decision to suspend mediation from the Central Labor Commission. If the affirmative vote prevails in the vote for and against the union action against the shareholders, the Renault Samsung union will secure the right to strike legally. The new executive will proceed to vote immediately after the election is announced. The right to strike can be used as a card to increase bargaining power, but given the propensity of the new executive, there is a possibility that it will actually go on strike.

Renault Samsung Senior Vice President Joo Jae-jeong said: “As holidays increase, wages are lowered and union members suffer daily hardship, so job stabilization is a task the new leadership must solve. with the management “.