"What if we lose our performance bonuses because of the strike?"... Concerns spread among Samsung Electronics employees over 'going ahead with the strike'
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- 2026-05-11 07:15:32
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Furthermore, fearing massive losses resulting from a strike, employees are appealing to the National Samsung Electronics Labor Union (Jeonsamno) to actively fulfill its role as the negotiation representative and conclude the negotiations at an appropriate level. According to News1 on the 10th, it is reported that posts from Samsung Electronics employees saying, "Let's wrap up the negotiations now," have been appearing one after another on the anonymous workplace community "Blind" recently.
/ Photo = Yonhap News [Financial News] As Samsung Electronics management and labor have agreed to resume renegotiations on performance bonuses, it is reported that public opinion is spreading among employees that the union leadership must make a decisive move and reach an agreement at a reasonable level. Anxiety Spreads Among Samsung Electronics Employees as Strike Date Approaches With the conflict over performance bonuses between labor and management becoming prolonged, fatigue is mounting as the union executive maintains a hardline stance of not backing down.
One Samsung Electronics employee said, "(Due to anticipated damages "I have no sense of how much tens of trillions of won, which is being discussed, actually is. If it goes to a strike, the risk seems truly too great," the employee said, appealing to the union leadership.
/ Photo = Yonhap News [Financial News] As Samsung Electronics management and labor have agreed to resume renegotiations on performance bonuses, it is reported that public opinion is spreading among employees that the union leadership must make a decisive move and reach an agreement at a reasonable level. Anxiety Spreads Among Samsung Electronics Employees as Strike Date Approaches With the conflict over performance bonuses between labor and management becoming prolonged, fatigue is mounting as the union executive maintains a hardline stance of not backing down."We cannot afford to lose performance bonuses due to the company's losses, so I sincerely hope the negotiations go well. " This employee also addressed Choi Seung-ho, Chairman of the Samsung Electronics Branch of the Samsung Group's supra-enterprise labor union, who is leading the hardline struggle.
He pointed out, "Don't be so stubborn; just take what you can reasonably get and leave. He seems to be out of his mind right now because of all the criticism coming from all sides.
Shouldn't the National Samsung Labor Union step up at a time like this?" Another Samsung Electronics employee also noted, "The strike is really just around the corner now, but I am worried about actually pushing ahead with it," adding, "The estimated loss is close to 30 trillion won, so I worry that things might get out of hand. " He continued, "If mediation fails, we don't know what kind of unexpected actions Chairman Choi might take again.
As the negotiating representative, the National Samsung Labor Union should [work together] at an appropriate level.
" "It seems that wrapping things up amicably on a win-win basis would be a good approach," he said, expressing concern.
Calls for an agreement.
"Come back after reaching an agreement, even if it's just with JeonSamNo.
/ Photo = Yonhap News [Financial News] As Samsung Electronics management and labor have agreed to resume renegotiations on performance bonuses, it is reported that public opinion is spreading among employees that the union leadership must make a decisive move and reach an agreement at a reasonable level. Anxiety Spreads Among Samsung Electronics Employees as Strike Date Approaches With the conflict over performance bonuses between labor and management becoming prolonged, fatigue is mounting as the union executive maintains a hardline stance of not backing down.
" It is reported that voices urging an agreement are emerging even from the Device Solutions (DS) division, which is particularly supporting Chairman Choi.
/ Photo = Yonhap News [Financial News] As Samsung Electronics management and labor have agreed to resume renegotiations on performance bonuses, it is reported that public opinion is spreading among employees that the union leadership must make a decisive move and reach an agreement at a reasonable level. Anxiety Spreads Among Samsung Electronics Employees as Strike Date Approaches With the conflict over performance bonuses between labor and management becoming prolonged, fatigue is mounting as the union executive maintains a hardline stance of not backing down.A Samsung Electronics employee who introduced himself as belonging to the DS division asserted, "If the memory (performance bonuses for the business unit) are guaranteed, come back after reaching an agreement," adding, "If Chairman Choi walks out of the negotiations, you must come back after reaching an agreement, even if it's just with JeonSamNo.
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y27k@fnnews.com Seo Yoon-kyung Reporter