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HD Hyundai Honorary Chairman Kwon Oh-gap met with former union branch leaders and had time to communicate with them to build trust between labor and management for the company's sustainable development.
HD Hyundai said honorary chairman Kwon Oh-gap recently held a luncheon meeting with five former branch leaders who led the Hyundai Heavy Industries branch of the Korean Metal Workers' Union from 2014 to 2023.
Honorary Chairman Kwon Oh-gap said, "The shipbuilding industry has recently entered a booming period, but global competition, including China's strong pursuit, is getting fiercer," adding, "Labor and management should join hands and gather wisdom for the company's sustainable growth."
The relationship between honorary chairman Kwon Oh-gap and former branch heads has been in place since HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' most precarious moment. Honorary Chairman Kwon Oh-gap took office as president in 2014 when the shipbuilding crisis was severe and led a high-intensity management reform. Despite the internal feud between labor and management, which was experienced in the process of improving the constitution, such as the division of the business, the company did not let go of the bond of win-win with the belief that "labor and management are partners in the same boat."
An HD Hyundai official who spoke with this newspaper by phone said, "This meeting is an extension of the 'field management' and 'people-centered management' that honorary chairman Kwon Oh-gap has usually emphasized."
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