Thousands of workers who make Samsung phones and other electronics for the company could be on strike soon.
“A union representing thousands of workers at Samsung Electronics has called the first strike at the South Korean technology giant since it was founded five and a half decades ago.
The National Samsung Electronics Union says it will hold a one-day protest by asking all of its members to use their paid leave on 7 June and has not ruled out a full-scale strike in the future.
The union says its has about 28,000 members, accounting for more than a fifth of the company’s total workforce.
Samsung Electronics says it will continue to negotiate with the union.
‘We can’t stand persecution against labour unions anymore. We are declaring a strike in the face of the company’s neglect of labourers,’ a union representative said during a live-streamed news conference.
Samsung Electronics’ management has been in talks with the union since the start of this year over wages, but the two sides have so far failed to strike a deal.
The union has demanded a 6.5% pay rise and a bonus pegged to the company’s earnings.
Samsung Electronics is the world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and televisions.”
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