The HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union (Korean Metal Workers' Union HD Hyundai Heavy Industries chapter) on the 27th approved industrial action with about a 95% approval rate among voters. With this, the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union secured the right to strike.
In the "2026 integrated collective bargaining industrial action approval vote" held from the 25th to the 27th by the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union, 71.25% (7,173 members) of all union members participated, and 94.48% (6,777 members) of them voted in favor.
For a union to secure the right to strike, the Central Labor Relations Commission must decide to halt mediation in collective bargaining, and the union's industrial action approval vote must pass.
Earlier, the Central Labor Relations Commission decided to halt mediation in collective bargaining between labor and management at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. With the commission's decision to halt mediation and the passage of the members' industrial action approval vote, the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union secured the right to strike.
The HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union is said to be convening the Central Strike Countermeasures Committee on the 28th to discuss whether to strike.
The HD Hyundai Heavy Industries union demanded that at least 30% of operating profit be paid as performance-based bonuses. This is the first year the Hyundai Heavy Industries union has demanded sharing a set percentage (N%) of operating profit.
Labor and management at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries plan to hold the 18th main bargaining session on the 1st of next month.