SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics Co., staging the biggest labor action in the technology giant’s 55-year history, declared an “indefinite general strike” Wednesday, stepping up pressure over their demand for a pay raise. After a three-day strike scheduled to come to an end Wednesday, the National Samsung Electronics Union [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics Co. are set to stage a three-day general strike this week as their negotiations with the management over wages and working conditions fell through. The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), the biggest labor union with 28,000 members, announced plans for the Monday-Wednesday strike last [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Tensions are escalating between factions within Samsung Electronics’ labor unions, with the company’s overarching union alleging misconduct by the National Samsung Electronics Union after it declared an unprecedented strike last month. On the evening of June 3, A, the head of the DX division of Samsung’s enterprise union, posted a [...]