Members of Samsung Electronics Company Union and their legal representative speak to reporters before submitting an injunction request seeking a suspension of other Samsung Electronics unions' voting on a tentative wage agreement at Suwon District Court in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday.
Yonhap Disputes between labor unions at Samsung Electronics are deepening over a tentative wage agreement reached between management and a semiconductor union last week, with employees from the company’s device division seeking a court injunction to block the agreement from being approved through an ongoing vote.
With more than 90 percent of eligible employees having voted as of 10 a.m.
Tuesday, 24 hours before the voting closes, the agreement, which allows large bonuses only for the company’s chip division employees, appears likely to pass, given that semiconductor employees account for the majority of voters.
However, the outcome of the injunction request could still become a variable.
