[fn사설] The automotive industry at the tip of a cliff … But the unions are hitting

At the end of last month, Hyundai Motors' first partner company was the first company to improve its business after the financial crisis of 2008 Out), and the second partner failed to prevent the return the due date. Another supplier abandoned the delivery and fired 40% of the production staff. This is the first since the financial crisis of 1998.

The ecosystem of the automotive industry is shaken due to weak exports and domestic demand, but the rise in the minimum wage also contributed. Second-tier suppliers, who previously abandoned delivery, are determined to have increased their minimum wage by 16.4% this year.

In the meantime, the Hyundai Motor Union is hitting to raise wages. The Hyundai union has struck three times this year and has been on strike for seven consecutive years. Kia Motors unions are also taking steps to strike. Productivity is not different, but the annual salary is higher than the highest ranked Toyota in the world.

The auto industry is facing the biggest crisis in the history of trade wars, as one representative of a corporate partner said: "The government is hitting the chaebols and do not catch the union of the aristocracy. The Trump Government continues to impose tariffs on the basis of the "Act on the Trade Expansion Act." Despite the voices of opposition in the United States, the US Department of Commerce is likely to suggest Trump. If the high tariff of 25% is set, the national auto industry will collapse. Like the GM GM plant in Korea, there is no choice but to create a second and a third factory.

Jobs are also a crisis. Some badysts say that if the export to the United States is blocked, about 130,000 jobs are threatened. The number of people in the auto industry has dropped by nearly 10,000 in just six months. The auto industry, badociated with indirect employment, is badociated with a total of 1.77 million jobs. The union should face the situation now.

Ulsan can descend as Detroit. You should not commit to kicking your own bowl. The Korean car industry stands on the cliff.