Ssangyong Motor's auto sales plunge 98.4% in July
- Source: xinhua
- [09:04 August 04 2009]
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South Korea's Ssangyong Motor Co. said Monday its auto sales plunged 98.4 percent last month, mainly due to a massive strike by its fired workers that lasted for months.
S. Korea's carmaker Ssangyong, which has been under bankruptcy protection since February, said it sold a mere 71 units last month, the company said in a statement.
Hundreds of fired workers have occupied the company's sole assembly plant in Pyeongtaek since May 22 to protest the layoffs.
The mass layoffs were part of a restructuring plan ordered by the local court in February when Ssangyong entered bankruptcy protection under the condition that it will conduct a massive layoff.
Against the strike, the management held three-day talks with the union, which broke off due to differences over how many fired workers would be given their jobs back.
Ssangyong, a former affiliate of China's Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., has lost its former parent company's management control after it entered bankruptcy protection.