Samsung's unionised workers in South Korea approve pay deal
The deal gives chip workers an average 6.2% wage increase and a new 10-year bonus system tied to semiconductor profits.
- On Wednesday, Samsung Electronics unionised workers in South Korea voted to approve a tentative wage deal, with 44,606 of 57,332 eligible members supporting the agreement for an 80.6 percent approval rate, averting a strike threatening global chip supplies.
- A bitter five-month dispute over performance bonuses tied to Samsung's booming AI chip business prompted labor action after workers learned SK Hynix colleagues received six-figure bonuses; negotiations collapsed two weeks ago before South Korea's Labour Minister mediated a tentative agreement on May 20.
- The agreement establishes a special management performance bonus exclusively for Device Solutions division employees, funded with 10.5 percent of operating profit, with Bloomberg estimating 57,302 chip workers will receive an average bonus of 513 million won, or $340,000, alongside a 6.2 percent wage hike.
- Samsung shares hit new heights and rose 6.7 percent by Wednesday morning, with Bloomberg noting an 8 percent increase at deal approval, as the agreement brings a temporary end to the monthslong labor dispute.
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While Samsung makes exceptional profits thanks to the artificial intelligence market, the employees demanded a better sharing of profits and even threatened to strike for 18 days. Finally, after an intervention by the South Korean Labour Minister, the two parties agreed to an agreement.
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