Court Partially Accepts Samsung Electronics' Injunction Request Against Union Strike
The ruling requires Samsung unions to keep staffing and production levels unchanged as talks continue over performance bonuses for about 50,000 workers.
- On Monday, The Suwon District Court granted a partial injunction requested by Samsung Electronics, ordering the Samsung Electronics Labor Union to maintain production levels and restricting facility takeovers ahead of the planned 18-day strike.
- Negotiations stalled after management and the union failed to bridge gaps regarding performance-based compensation, with labor leaders demanding 15 per cent of operating profit while Samsung proposed allocating 10 per cent.
- Expected to involve about 50,000 workers, the potential walkout threatens semiconductor production, with government estimates warning the strike could cost the economy up to 1 trillion won per day.
- Management and the union resumed negotiations today to avert the walkout starting May 21, following an urgent appeal from Prime Minister Kim Min-Seok to reach a compromise.
- If talks fail, Kim indicated the government may resort to emergency powers, while Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee recently issued a rare apology for the company's "internal issues.
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The court partially accepted Samsung Electronics' argument that essential personnel must be maintained at safety and security work facilities, such as chemical supply facilities and wafer discharge and management facilities, even during the strike scheduled for the upcoming 21st. However, the supra-enterprise union
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LatestlyKorean district court restricts Samsung union strike scope ahead of planned walkout
Samsung Electronics won a partial court injunction Monday restricting its labor union's planned strike. The court ordered the union to maintain usual staffing levels for key safety and facility protection work during the industrial action. According to a news report by The Korea Herald, the decision places significant limits on the union's full-scale strike scheduled to begin Thursday, though it does not ban the strike itself.
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Court partially accepts Samsung Electronics' injunction request against union strike
A court on Monday partially accepted Samsung Electronics Co.'s request for an injunction to block a strike threatened by its unionized workers. The Suwon District Court said staffing to prevent potential damage to safety-related and other facilities and its products must be maintained at usual levels, just three days ahead of the union's planned 18-day strike. It also restricted the company's largest union from taking over the company's faciliti…
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