Top, Tim Hudson of Local 2024 makes his feelings known at Coughlin Hyundai in Newark, Ohio. Above, Deb Brakke and Tammy Van Riper of Local 14 protest at Taylor Hyundai in Perrysburg, Ohio

She’s known as “Ms. Park.”

Since June, Park, a South Korean autoworker, has staged a sit-in outside the Korean Ministry for Gender Equality. Even though the Korean National Human Rights Commission has found that a subcontractor for Hyundai Motor Co. illegally terminated her for reporting confirmed sexual harassment by her supervisors, she remains out of a job.

As incredulous as it sounds, the Hyundai subcontractor fired her for “sullying the company’s reputation.”

On Nov. 28, hundreds of UAW members across the country explained to the public who actually sullied whose reputation by having a day of action at more than 80 U.S. Hyundai dealerships to shed light on the Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU) member’s plight.

Employed at Hyundai’s Asan facility in South Korea, Park began a demonstration in her country’s capital, where she has been holding vigil since June 22, 2011.

UAW Local 1853 President Mike O’Rourke, who demonstrated at Jim Reed Hyundai in Nashville, Tenn., believes global companies must be held accountable.

“We have become a global union. Our jobs deserve respect, and we should demand that if these global companies do business in this country, then they should respect workers,” O’Rourke said, adding that workers must stick together.

“The UAW has embraced a global vision of social justice and will mobilize its membership to defend labor rights here and in other parts of the world,” said UAW President Bob King. “We stand in solidarity with our sister in Korea, the KMWU and with workers’ movements which challenge employers who try to silence workers who have the courage to challenge workplace injustice,” added King.