Tens of thousands of unionised workers at South Korea's Hyundai Motor staged their first full strike today for more than a decade after negotiations over a wage increase stalled. Nearly 50,000 workers at Hyundai Motor's three plants across the country -- including the main one in the southern city of Ulsan -- walked off the job throughout Monday, said a spokesman for its labour union. The workers would also stage a six-hour partial strike from Tuesday to Friday, the union spokesman said. Hyundai's union has staged partial strikes every year since 2012, including nearly 20 such stoppages this year, demanding higher wages and better benefits. The firm has estimated the financial losses from the series of strikes staged so far this year at more than two trillion won ($1.8 billion).

Source: dna September 26, 2016 10:30 UTC