On July 4, General Motors line workers at the Gunsan, South Korea manufacturing plant are reported to be planning a partial walkout in protest of rumors that GM is planning to move Chevrolet Cruze production to Europe come 2015. The South Korean-built Cruze is distributed all over the world, though models bound for the United States and Canada are built in Lordstown, Ohio.
Last week, 79 percent of union members at GM Korea voted in favor of strike action. Union leaders state that the partial strike would carry on or halt based on progress regarding wages for the workers. Under the annual wage talks, GM Korea’s union negotiators have called for a bonus equivalent to three months’ salary and a one-time payment of 6 million Korean won ($5,300), along with a basic salary increase of 130,498 won ($114), according to Reuters.
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What model ranges are made here, will it effect Mokka.
The Orlando and Cruze are built at Gunsan. The Mokka/Encore is made in Bupyeong alongside platform-mates Aveo/Sonic:
Some more info on GM’s global manufacturing by plant:
http://gmauthority.com/blog/guides/manufacturing/
Maybe the Koreans haven’t seen their wages drop, due to cheaper manufacturing like we have. They didn’t complain when US jobs were displaced by Koran workers.
The move must be cheaper for GM to keep shipping cost down.
I think it will be cheaper made by euro plant
but the wage in korea is cheaper than euro and they are constructed by part time workers about 60% orver
So korea palnt have been reduce the cost and workers
whenever they want.