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Hyundai workers strike over humanoid robots
A 40,000-strong Hyundai union in South Korea staged partial walkouts July 13-15 demanding job protections before Atlas humanoid robots reach factory floors.
A roughly 40,000-member Hyundai union in South Korea staged a partial strike July 13-15, cutting each shift by two to four hours, in what reporting describes as the first factory stoppage triggered by humanoid robots. Workers are seeking job-loss and pay protections before Hyundai’s Atlas robots, already slated for a nonunion Georgia plant by 2028, reach Korean lines.
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1 eweek.com South Korean Hyundai Workers Demand Protections Before Atlas Robots Arrive 2 forbes.com We Just Had The First Humanoid Robot Strike Ever