Biggest Strike in Samsung’s History Begins in South Korea as 6,500 Workers Walk Off the Job
In an unprecedented move, thousands of Samsung Electronics Co. workers walked off the job on Monday to demand better pay and working conditions, marking the largest organized labor action in the South Korean conglomerate’s half-century history. Summarized Insights: • 6,500 Samsung workers strike for pay. • Unprecedented labor action in South Korea. • Strike aims to disrupt chip production. • Samsung faces internal conflict amid key projects. The strike underscores growing dissatisfaction among employees and could signal significant shifts in labor relations within South Korea's tech industry. Discontented employees and union supporters braved the rain outside one of Samsung’s major chipmaking complexes, located south of Seoul. Clad in red headbands with “total strike” inscribed and black raincoats, the protestors lined up in orderly ranks along a broad thoroughfare, chanting slogans and raising their fists in unison. Union leaders reported that...
