Mike Elk is an Emmy-nominated labor reporter. He founded Payday Report using his NLRB settlement from being illegally fired in the union drive at Politico in 2015. Email him at melk@paydayreport.com
The plant had a notoriously bad safety record with two workers, including one Korean, killed in preventable accidents in just two months this spring. The raid has raised major questions about working conditions and who should be held accountable for Hyundai's alleged violation of labor laws.
Since the Trump Administration took over and began cutting back on federal workplace safety enforcement, two workers have died at the plant in just two months.