Samsung unionized workers vote on 6.2% pay raise with new chip bonus scheme
The electronic vote runs Friday through May 27, with the agreement becoming binding if more than half of eligible union members approve. The new bonus structure has widened pay gaps between memory chip workers and employees in other business units, fueling internal discontent.
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Samsung Electronics labor union's vote on a tentative wage agreement topped 86% turnout on day four, with memory division employees set to receive average bonuses of 600 million won if approved.
Around two-thirds of unionized workers at Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday voted on a tentative wage deal following a last-minute agreement with management that averted a strike planned earlier this week. As of 8:25 p.m., around 66 percent of members of the Samsung Electronics Labor Union, the largest union at the tech giant with 70,850 members, had cast their ballots on the first day of the vote, according to the union. Around 69 percent of the 19,000-member National Samsung Electronics Union
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