Thousands of members of the
“Samsung Electronics will ensure no disruptions occur in the production lines,” a Samsung statement said. “The company remains committed to engaging in good faith negotiations with the union.”
However, in a statement posted on its website, the union said it has engaged in unspecified disruptions on the company’s production lines to get management to eventually come to the negotiating table if the strikes continue.
“We are confident of our victory,” the union statement said.
The union statement didn’t say how many of its members would join the extended strike. It earlier said that 6,540 of its union members had said they would participate in the earlier, three-day strike.
That would represent only a fraction of Samsung Electronics’ total workforce, estimated at about 267,860 globally. About 120,000 of them are in
Earlier this year, union members and management held rounds of talks on the union's demand for higher wages and better working conditions, but they failed to reach agreement. In June, some union members collectively used their annual leaves in a one-day walkout that observers said was the first labor strike at
About 30,000 Samsung workers are reportedly affiliated with the
In 2020, Samsung chief
The company’s union-busting practices had been criticized by activists for decades, though labor actions at other businesses and in other sectors of the society are common in
Thousands of South Korean medical interns and residents have been on strike since February, protesting a government plan to sharply increase medical school admissions.
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