According to one source, Hyundai Motors has started a new U.S. advertising campaign promoting a lifetime guarantee for roadside service. Hyundai owners could use such a guarantee. In our most recent alert, we included reports from demonstrations in San Francisco and Salt Lake City. Following are more reports from local committees which participated in the September 19 Day of Action. We will include other reports in subsequent alerts.
All reports are subject to editing.
Forty activists picketed and leafleted a Hyundai dealership in Chicago, protesting the company's complicity in suppressing the Han Young workers' union campaign in Tijuana, Mexico. After taking a group photo in front of the dealership's main window, participants signed a letter to the CEO of Hyundai Precision America urging him to respect labor rights and compel Han Young to recognize the October 6 union. We plan to build on this momentum by scheduling more pickets at local dealerships and by continuing to pressure the Mexican Consulate to meet with us and discuss the situation. Seventy people rallied in support of Han Young workers in front of Knoxville, Tennessee's only Hyundai dealership as part of the national day of action. TRA Imports, the site of the rally, is located along a busy commercial strip in affluent West Knoxville, where visible signs of protest are rare.