GGM Holds Pledge Ceremony for New Full-Time Employees to Comply with Labor-Management Win-Win Development Agreement

Gwangju Global Motors held a ceremony for 33 new employees hired through the first round of recruitment in 2025, along with a pledge ceremony to comply with the labor-management win-win development agreement and an entry celebration. Photo by GGM

Gwangju Global Motors (GGM) announced on July 9 that it held a ceremony for 33 new employees hired through the first round of recruitment in 2025, along with a pledge ceremony to comply with the labor-management win-win development agreement and an entry celebration.

The new employees who participated in the pledge ceremony, held that morning at the company’s Sangsaeng Hall, were selected as interns after passing an artificial intelligence (AI) competency test, document screening, interviews, and a health check in April, overcoming a high average competition ratio of 26 to 1. After gaining practical experience in various departments at GGM and deepening their understanding of their roles through a three-month internship, they were officially appointed as full-time employees as of July 9.

Through the 'Pledge to Comply with the Labor-Management Win-Win Development Agreement,' the new employees committed, "We will faithfully comply with the labor-management win-win development agreement, the supplementary resolutions on the operation of the win-win council, and the supplementary agreement on appropriate wages, which form the foundation of GGM."

The labor-management win-win development agreement, signed in January 2019 at the Gwangju City Labor-Management-Civic-Government Council, stipulates that until cumulative production reaches 350,000 units, the GGM Win-Win Council, which functions as an alternative union, will negotiate working conditions and the work environment. It also mandates that annual wage increases be set according to the previous year's consumer price inflation rate.

Yoon Monghyun, CEO of GGM, stated, "I sincerely congratulate the outstanding talents who overcame fierce competition in a tough job market to become new members of our company," and emphasized, "GGM is not a company established to make money, but a special company created through the taxes of Gwangju citizens and investments from businesses, with the purpose of providing jobs for local youth after overcoming many challenges."

He added, "Since our company was founded on the premise of complying with the labor-management win-win development agreement, if we observe the agreement well, we can become a better company than any other. However, if we fail to uphold the agreement, the company could disappear as quickly as melting snow. Although the company has been operating since 2021 and it has not yet been five full years, we are stabilizing rapidly and making steady progress. I ask you to trust the company's system, comply with the agreement, and work diligently."

Meanwhile, the Hyundai small electric SUV 'Casper Electric' (export name: Inster), which is produced under contract by GGM, is enjoying strong sales in Europe and Japan. From January to May, Casper sold 10,342 units in Europe, surpassing 10,000 sales within six months of its launch in December 2024. The European sales figure during this period is more than 6,000 units higher than the domestic sales of 3,902 units.

In Japan, Casper also showed a solid initial performance, surpassing 100 units sold within one month of starting full-scale customer deliveries. After its launch in April, deliveries began in earnest in May, and with the effect becoming more pronounced in June, 104 units were sold in just one month.

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