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April 22, 2010 02:00 AM

Kumho, S. Korea union workers avert strike

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    RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (April 22, 2010)—Kumho Tire Co. Inc., which has been in a financial vise grip for months and barely avoided receivership, has reached a final agreement with its unionized workers in South Korea, averting any further possibility of a strike at its three factories there.

    According to executives with the company's Rancho Cucamonga-based Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. distribution arm, the union voted to accept Kumho's proposal, with final details to be ironed out in the coming days. The agreement will then be presented to the parent company's board of creditors.

    Earlier, the union had rejected a wage agreement with management that included salary cuts and threatened to go on strike.

    The resolution between Seoul, South Korea-based Kumho Tire, that country's second-largest tire maker, and its union will bring an infusion of $100 million in immediate funds to the company and begin the process of Kumho's creditors supplying more than $450 million in fresh loans as part of a debt restructuring “workout” program.

    “The agreement brings forth renewed energy for Kumho Tire U.S.A. and starts us on the road to improvements in efficiency and overall competitiveness” said J.B. Kim, president and C.E.O. of Kumho Tire U.S.A.

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