Prosecutors on Sunday indicted the chairman of a local bakery giant with physical detention on charges of coercing bakers to quit their membership with a militant umbrella labor organization.
Samsung Electronics union members have voted to strike after failing to reach a deal on wage hikes with management, industry sources said Monday.
Prosecutors on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Hur, who allegedly forced bakers at Paris Baguette, a bakery chain run by SPC Group, to withdraw from the labor union.
Seoul’s intracity bus drivers returned to work on Thursday afternoon, ending their 11-hour strike over a wage hike.
Seoul’s intracity bus services resumed Thursday afternoon as the drivers on strike and management reached a wage agreement.
A record number of workers at Samsung Electronics — especially those in their 20s and 30s from the chip division — are joining a labor union as many feel disgruntled over lower-thanexpected salary and bonus rates.
Membership in the National Samsung Electronics Union rose to 20,000 to account for 15 percent of the company's workforce after weak operating profit prompted the company to cut raises and bonuses.
Samsung's first comprehensive integrated labor union launched on Monday with 15,800 workers. The union aims to improve working conditions and end unfair labor-company relationships across four Samsung divisions.
A total of 1,500 petitions written by delivery riders and members of the public were submitted to city prosecutors on Tuesday.
The Korean tech sector is witnessing a rapid rise in labor unions, a trend that spread in recent years as employees start to pay more attention to job stability over growth in times of economic slowdown.
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