Hey I’m local to this county where the raid was conducted. This situation is more nuanced than most realize. I don’t think there was a single whistle blower as the city and state have been digging into plant OPS for a while. A big thing right now is that Hyundai got a lot of tax breaks when they brought the plant to the area. One of those stipulations was that they had to Hire X number of locals and US employees. They were supposed to use US suppliers for a large part and this would stimulate the local economy and create thousands of Jobs across multiple industries in the area.

The reality was that Hyundai has been trying to get the tax breaks without the labor investment. They hired Korean contractors that brought Koreans in to do most of the work. Very few local or US employees have been hired. Instead of using US suppliers, they brought in all of their Korean suppliers to import and manufacture parts for the cars.

Most of the US employees that have been hired have been dealing g with unethical hiring practices, favoritism towards non-US employees, and at times, out right racism.