<Anchor> As



Kia Motors announced its latest electric vehicle and decided to receive advance reservations online, the union strongly opposed it.

With the production of eco-friendly cars in full swing, the problem of employment insecurity in the existing industry is becoming an industry topic.



This is reporter Han Ji-yeon.



<Reporter> The



reason why the union is opposed is that it is expected that online pre-booking of electric vehicles will lead to online sales.



In that case, I am worried that the offline sales force, namely the car salespeople, will experience serious employment insecurity.



[Kia Motors Salesperson: It is difficult for us to go online.

(Offline) Since I am a salesperson, isn't there anything left to do if we sign a contract?] The



management says that it is at the level of writing down information on customers who are willing to purchase, and there is no plan to expand online sales.



[Kia Motors official: In Korea, these parts are still going to work issues, so there are no plans to proceed in Korea now.] The



labor union of Hyundai Motor

Company

once stopped the line as the labor and management of Hyundai Motors also did not see an agreement on the personnel to put the electric car Ioniq 5 into place. The timing of mass production was delayed by a month.



The number of electric car parts is about 30% less than that of an internal combustion locomotive, so there is a great deal of concern about the decrease in production manpower.



As the era of eco-friendly cars is in full swing, resistance and resistance from existing industry workers are increasing.



[Officials from the National Metals Union: Electric vehicles will increase further, so if the system and principles are not established from the beginning, it will be a condition for workers to continue to be pushed out.] In



fact, in Jeju Island, hydrogen charging stations could not be established due to the opposition of the LPG charging industry. There is no one.



[Lee, Hang-gu / Member of Korea Automobile Research Institute: In the global automobile industry, electrification and digitalization are rapidly progressing, and if there is a delay in this trend, it will inevitably be pushed out of the competition.] The



method of unconditionally rejecting change cannot be the answer. It is necessary to prepare a win-win plan between labor and management to secure competitiveness in the future car market.



(Video coverage: Park Hyeon-cheol, video editing: Kim Jun-hee)