[Breaking] Constitutional Court Upholds Hyundai Motor Union's 'Obstruction of Business Case'

Chief Justice Yoo Nam-seok of the Constitutional Court (center) and other justices entered and took their seats in the Constitutional Court courtroom in Jongno-gu, Seoul, where the constitutional complaint and unconstitutionality review trial was held on the afternoon of the 26th.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Kyung-jun] The Constitutional Court ruled that the constitutional complaint filed by non-regular union officials at Hyundai Motor Company's Jeonju plant regarding the charge of obstruction of business does not violate the Constitution.

On the 26th, the Constitutional Court dismissed the constitutional complaint filed by Hyundai Motor non-regular union official A and others, who argued that Article 314, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Act violates the principle of legality and clarity and the principle of proportionality, and infringes on workers' collective action rights.