EXCLUSIVE Korean auto giant Hyundai investigating child labour in its U.S. supply chain
JOSEPH WHITE and JOSHUA SCHNEYER HYUNDAI Motor Co, Korea's top automaker, is investigating child labour violations in its U.S. supply chain and plans to "sever ties" with Hyundai suppliers in Alabama found to have relied on underage workers, the company's global chief operating officer Jose Munoz told Reuters on Wednesday. A Reuters investigative report in July documented children, including a 12-year-old, working at a Hyundai-controlled metal stamping plant in rural Luverne, Alabama, called SMART Alabama, LLC. Following the Reuters report, in coordination with federal agencies, Alabama's state Department of Labor began investigating SMART Alabama. Authorities subsequently launched a child labour probe at…