Samsung Electronics top management calls for dialogue as workers threaten strike

Samsung Electronics' top management on Thursday vowed to continue negotiations with the company's union to narrow differences over bonus increases. The move comes as unionized workers have threatened to go on strike demanding higher performance-based bonuses. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun and President Roh Tae-moon, both co-chief executive officers (CEOs) of the company, made the appeal on the company's internal bulletin board after management and the labor union failed to reach a compromise over higher bonuses. The union earlier announced plans to stage an 18-day general strike from May 21 to June 7. "Under the current challenging global business environment, all members of management will take a responsible approach to ensure that the company's future competitiveness is not weakened," they wrote. "We also ask employees to do their best in their respective roles so that our future competitiveness does not suffer." The labor dispute at Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker and Korea's most valuable company, has raised concerns that a walkout could dWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times