… Unions are threatening a strike unless the chipmaker improves wages and bonuses. Two Samsung unions want the company to pay workers 15 per cent of each division’s operating profit. They want a seven per cent wage rise and have threatened an 18-day walkout from 21 May if Samsung refuses. …
… In a rare scrap of good news, the union said it would “not stop trying to reach a settlement even during the strike.” Samsung’s union workers are demanding 15 per cent of the company’s annual operating profit in bonuses. …
… Workers will receive an average wage rise of 6.2 per cent. Bonuses depend on Samsung earning an operating profit of Won200tn, about €114.4bn, each year from 2026 to 2028, and Won100tn, about €57.2bn, thereafter. …
… It has reshaped the industry, handing workers at SK hynix chunky bonuses while Samsung staff have been protesting. …