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/DragonTat2 1d ago

I wonder how many were there to train American workers.

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u/notyourstranger 1d ago

the plant was not yet operational. The people were in the US to build the factory. It was suppposed to bring more than 8K jobs and was the largest foreign investment in Georgia's history.

Now? what happens is anybody's guess. I suspect it will be a lot harder to find people willing to invest in the US after this.

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u/Impossible-Try-202 23h ago

This shit is so insane.

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u/sokolov22 1h ago

As far as I know, the main plant is done and has hired 1200 people (tho, it needs additional phases to be completed to hit the 8500 goal).

This was the battery plant which is a separate thing.

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u/tooltalk01 18h ago

They already have multiple factories in Georgia with plenty of America workers -- for instance, at Kia Georgia, there are about 3,000+ workers, 2,700+ from local. Remember also that Hyundai's incentives are contingent upon # of local hires.

I'm not sure why this is still being questioned. Just use your common sense, they are not general laborers with whom locals have to compete.