SEOUL (Reuters) – The NSEU union, representing more than a fifth of Samsung Electronics workers in South Korea, launched a three-day strike on Monday and warned of further action to seek a boost to the workers’ bonus system.
It is not immediately clear how many NSEU members, some 28,000 in total, are taking part in the strike.
According to a poll conducted by the union, around 8,100 have expressed their intention to go on strike starting Monday morning.
Union representative Lee Hyun-kuk said in a YouTube video last week that another strike could take place if Samsung management fails to respond to workers’ demands.
A protest was planned for Monday near the conglomerate’s headquarters in Hwaseong, south of the capital Seoul.
Analysts say the strike is unlikely to have a major impact on semiconductor production, which is largely automated at Samsung.
In June, the NSEU had already organised an unprecedented one-day strike; the company had indicated at the time that there had been no impact on production or commercial activities.
(Heekyong Yang; by Jean Terzian)
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