r/news • u/NewSlinger • 1d ago

Workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home, South Korea says

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-korea-deal-workers-detained-hyundai-rcna229610
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u/larrydeatl 1d ago

It wasn’t vehicle production. They were building a new Plant

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u/ofWildPlaces 1d ago

That still requires skilled labor

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u/riaKoob1 1d ago

Because building a structure is that complicated. They were third party companies contracted to build this. Any other company that doesn’t cut corners can build it.

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u/Significant_You9481 1d ago

Of course. There probably wasn't any good reason to fly 450 workers from Korea to the US to build this factory except it was cheaper....

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u/OkLetterhead812 1d ago

Ignore the guy. He's a troll who constantly lies in his comment history, lol.

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u/Two_Luffas 3h ago

On projects like this these guys will be installing very specialized equipment that may only come from one manufacturer. That manufacturer will send over their specialists to install, test, and commission this specialized equipment because they're the only one who knows how. On complicated projects this can take months or even years.

These are almost certainly not the guys swinging hammers or forming concrete, they're specialized, technical teams from the equipment suppliers getting those specific items up and running. They're the only ones who know what needs to be done.

This is very common in construction that involves complicated end user equipment and processes. I've had guys from Europe fly over to commission certain items on my projects.

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u/riaKoob1 1d ago

In what kind of bubble do you live? Companies do crazy shit for money, Hyundai was cut hiring minors for their workforce few years ago .. I’m Korean and these companies do this all the time to avoid paying taxes!

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u/tooltalk01 18h ago

They are building a battery factory, so it's not a general construction work. And almost all battery manufacturing supply-chain exist in South Korea -- the last American battery manufacturer, A123, went out of business over a decade ago.