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President Says Management Rights Should Be Respected as Much as Labor Rights Ahead of Samsung Strike

Summary by The Korea Times
President Lee Jae Myung said, Monday, management rights should be respected as much as labor rights, in a social media message ahead of a massive strike planned by Samsung Electronics’ labor union this week. “In the Republic of Korea, which embraces the liberal democratic basic order and a capitalist market economy, labor should be respected as much as business, and management rights should be respected just as labor rights are,” the president w…

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The Blue House is intensifying pressure ahead of the general strike by the Samsung Electronics labor union scheduled for the 21st. Amid growing concerns that the boom in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry is exacerbating wealth inequality, this appears to be a strategy to block the strike by leveraging negative public opinion against the union, which is demanding higher performance bonuses. The situation is also drawing attention as the f…

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▲ As labor-management negotiations at Samsung Electronics resume regarding issues such as the potential strike, President Lee Jae-myung stated via social media that "corporate management rights must be respected as much as labor rights." This morning (the 18th), the President [posted] his

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Naver broke the news on Monday, May 18, 2026.
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