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Samsung to Compensate All Qualified Leukemia Victims

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics will compensate all victims related to leukemia and other occupational diseases as long as they are qualified under certain standards. The company said this on October 21 on its official blog “Samsung Tomorrow” in a message titled “Ahead of the founding of the dispute mediation committee.” Samsung continued, [...]

SHARPS Demands Samsung to Allow Union Activity

SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – To an announcement that Samsung Electronics would compensate those affected by the sickness and deaths of some of its workers, with “sincerest apologies,” the Supporters for the Health and Rights of People in the Semiconductor Industry (SHARPS) group responded that the company must allow workers to organize themselves. SHARPS [...]