Samsung union coalition fractures over bonus demands

Samsung Electronics Co. Union (SECU), one of three Samsung Electronics labor unions that had jointly threatened to stage a strike over performance bonuses, has withdrawn from the joint action amid surfacing complaints that the coalition disproportionately serves the semiconductor division — a move that underscores growing rifts between workers in the company’s chip and consumer electronics businesses. According to industry officials, SECU on Monday sent a letter to the coalition expressing its intention to withdraw from joint negotiations for 2026 wage and collective bargaining. “Despite our proposals and requests aimed at protecting the interests of all union members, rather than those in a specific sector, we have received no response from the coalition,” SECU said in the letter. Samsung Electronics has five labor unions and three of which — SECU, Samsung Electronics Labor Union (SELU) and National Samsung Electronics Union — formed a joint labor alliance for the ongoing wage negotiation. With around 2,300 members, SECU is the third largest among them. Approximately 70 perWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times