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Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics set to stage walkout over wages


SEOUL, June 7 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics Co. were set to launch ...

About 28,000 members of the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) were set to collectively take the day off, but some analysts expected the labor action to have no major impact on production. "Coordinated use of vacation is our first step in moving toward our final goal of a large-scale strike," Lee Hyun-guk, deputy chief of the NSEU, said. Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics Co. hold a press conference in front of the company's office in southern Seoul on May 29, 2024.

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