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    Coalition Letter To Hyundai Aug 27 2023

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    This letter from several Alabama and Georgia community organizations requests a meeting with Hyundai's CEO to discuss establishing a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) between Hyundai, its suppliers, and the community groups. The CBA would ensure Hyundai's operations benefit local communities by enforcing fair job standards, accountability, and equity measures. The groups express concern over recent reports of child labor violations in Hyundai's supply chain and demand an end to the practice. They call on Hyundai to negotiate a CBA that establishes high-road commitments to workers and communities.

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    This letter from several Alabama and Georgia community organizations requests a meeting with Hyundai's CEO to discuss establishing a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) between Hyundai, its suppliers, and the community groups. The CBA would ensure Hyundai's operations benefit local communities by enforcing fair job standards, accountability, and equity measures. The groups express concern over recent reports of child labor violations in Hyundai's supply chain and demand an end to the practice. They call on Hyundai to negotiate a CBA that establishes high-road commitments to workers and communities.

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    Letter to Hyundai from Alabama and

    Georgia Communities

    DATE: August 27, 2023

    TO: Hyundai Motor America CEO José Muñoz

    FROM: The Alabama Coalition for Community Benefits, Georgia Labor and Community Allies

    SUBJECT: Meeting to Discuss Solutions to Labor Problems in Hyundai’s Supply Chain

    Dear Mr. Muñoz,

    We are members of the Alabama Coalition for Community Benefits and labor and community
    allies in Georgia. The Alabama Coalition of Community Benefits works toward improving
    working conditions in Alabama manufacturing plants. The members of the coalition represent
    civil rights groups, faith leaders, labor unions, and Latinx organizations. We are joined by our
    neighbors in Georgia, who are beginning to experience the impact of your company in their
    communities as well.

    Last September the Alabama Coalition for Community Benefits reached out to you to ask for a
    meeting to discuss the reported child labor violations at your suppliers1. Please find attached our
    letter dated September 22, 2022. Since we did not hear back from you, we are reaching out
    again. We are requesting a meeting in September to discuss the solutions we can achieve together
    through a Community Benefits Agreement (“CBA”).

    A CBA is a private contract between community groups and an employer designed to achieve
    new job standards and equity measures. Its provisions may be enforced through binding
    arbitration. CBAs can transform communities by building fairer local economies, holding
    companies accountable and advancing racial and gender equity.

    Hyundai will ultimately employ more than 30,000 workers in the US, directly or through JV
    partners with its plants in Alabama and Georgia. Hyundai also has a vast supply chain that
    includes more than 60 plants and many more workers in both states. These facilities will
    transform our communities, and we are faced with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ensure that
    this transformation is for the best. We are deeply concerned about Hyundai’s recent track record

    1
    (2022) Child workers found throughout Hyundai-Kia supply chain in Alabama. Reuters Investigates. Available at:
    https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-immigration-hyundai/.
    with child labor in its supply chain in the US; allegations of immigrant rights abuses and racial
    discrimination against suppliers; use of prison labor by suppliers, and retention of an
    irresponsible contractor in the building of the metaplant.

    We support the Department of Labor investigations at SMART Alabama, LLC (“SMART AL”)
    and SL Alabama, LLC (“SL AL”) and demand that any and all use of child labor by your
    suppliers cease immediately. Simply severing ties with two such suppliers is not what is needed.
    Going forward, there must be ongoing monitoring by our community so we can be sure SMART
    AL and SL AL stop this abhorrent practice. Third-party monitoring is consistent with Hyundai’s
    Supplier Code of Conduct2. Reuters’ reports together with other investigations and litigation
    suggest a widespread problem with worker exploitation that needs to be investigated, halted, and
    prevented in the future through transparent reporting to the community. The State of Alabama
    has provided Hyundai and its suppliers with enormous tax incentives for locating operations in
    our communities. And in return, the people of Alabama have a right to expect these companies to
    follow both the letter and spirit of basic labor law.

    Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) at the Bryan County Megasite in Georgia
    is the largest economic development project in the state’s history. Hyundai is set to receive $1.8
    billion in incentives for the project. Together with the nearby joint venture battery facility with
    LG Energy, these projects are expected to employ 8,100 workers, in addition to the 4,650 related
    jobs already announced by suppliers. These developments will transform our state, and they must
    come with binding commitments to benefit our communities. Already, we are mourning the loss
    of a construction worker who fell to his death while building the new metaplant.

    To that end, we call on Hyundai, SMART AL, SL AL, and the participants in the Metaplant,
    including your joint venture partners, to negotiate a Community Benefits Agreement with our
    coalition of community representatives which will enshrine high-road commitments to workers
    and their communities in an enforceable agreement, as New Flyer of America, Inc. (another
    vehicle manufacturer) did last year in Anniston, Alabama.

    We look forward to hearing from you about your availability to discuss how we can work
    together.

    Sincerely,

    Jobs to Move America Georgia AFL-CIO

    2
    (2021) Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Supplier Code of Conduct. "Suppliers should provide evidence of
    compliance with this Supplier Code of Conduct during regular written assessments or on-site visits carried out by
    Hyundai and Kia or designated third parties." Available at:
    https://s7g10.scene7.com/is/content/hyundaiautoever/hyundai-supplier-code-of-conduct-eng-2021pdf.
    Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Alabama Arise
    Justice

    Immigrant Alliance for Justice and Equity Alabama State Conference of the NAACP

    Alabama Forward United Auto Workers

    International Brotherhood of Electrical Coosa Riverkeeper


    Workers

    Faith in Action Alabama The People’s Justice Council

    Greater Birmingham Ministries Central Alabama Labor Council

    Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Hometown Action


    Pollution

    Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice Alabama Interfaith Power and Light

    OPCMIA Local 148 Southeast Region Savannah Regional CLC

    Georgia State Building and Construction Atlanta North Georgia Labor Council
    Trades Council

    Southern States Millwright Regional Council The Georgia Latino Alliance For Human
    Rights

    The International Union of Painters and


    Allied Trades District Council 77 (IUPAT
    DC77)

    Alabama Coalition for Community Benefits


    c/o Jobs to Move America
    Patricia Todd, Southern Policy Manager
    [email protected]
    205-567-9410

    Georgia AFL-CIO
    Yvonne Brooks, President
    [email protected]
    404-862-0496
    404-525-2793

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