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Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions Joins Samsung Employees in Demand for Efficiency Bonus Fee Linked to Working Revenue

200 Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions joins to demand “efficiency bonus cost linked to working revenue” – additionally well-known performances Reuters “Samsung, Nvidia battle” Samsung “HBM take a look at goes forward easily”

On the afternoon of the twenty fourth, members of the Samsung Electronics Nationwide Labor Union held a large-scale rally in entrance of the Samsung Electronics Seocho workplace constructing in Seocho-gu, Seoul, demanding efficiency bonuses linked to working revenue. Reporter Tune Eun-seok silverstone@donga.com

The Nationwide Union of Samsung Electronics Employees (Jeonsamno) held a large-scale rally on the twenty fourth and took its second joint motion. The rally held on today was unusually attended by about 200 members of the Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions (KCTU), which isn’t an umbrella group of the Samsung union. It was additionally famous that it was not acceptable amongst staff because the efficiency of celebrities matches it.

On this afternoon, Jeon Sam-no held a rally within the type of a cultural occasion in entrance of the Samsung Electronics Seocho constructing in Seocho-gu, Seoul. The union estimates that round 2,000 folks attended. The union continues its collective motion in opposition to this 12 months’s common wage enhance price of 5.1%, which administration proposed by the labor administration council in March. The union demanded a 6.5% wage enhance and took its first collective motion since Samsung Group was based final month on the Hwaseong plant in Gyeonggi Province. On the rally on today, the union argued for paying efficiency bonuses tied to working revenue, saying, “If employees have made a variety of working revenue by their efforts, they need to be pretty compensated.”

The union reported to the police that 200 union members from the Metalworkers’ Union of the Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions could be attending the rally that day as orderlies. Though the Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions is affiliated with the Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions, its govt department not too long ago introduced its assist for the Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions, saying on YouTube, “If we need to struggle, should not we struggle towards Samsung’s capital with a robust group? ” There may be hypothesis within the trade that Jeonsam-ro could also be altering its superior group to the Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions.

Additionally on the rally on today, performances have been held by monk Newjin (comic Yoon Seong-ho), Ailee, and YB (Yoon Do-hyun Band). Amongst Samsung Electronics staff, there have been considerations that the aim of the dispute may very well be tarnished by celeb performances at a time when tensions have risen over disaster administration. Complaints have been additionally raised about the price of the occasion, which was estimated to be within the tens of tens of millions of cash received.

In the meantime, Reuters reported on today that Samsung Electronics has but to move Nvidia’s excessive bandwidth reminiscence (HBM) high quality take a look at. Citing an unnamed official, Samsung Electronics was stated to be experiencing difficulties in NVIDIA’s HBM high quality checks as a result of warmth and energy consumption points. Samsung Electronics countered by saying, “We’re easily conducting checks to provide HBM with numerous international companions.”

Reporter Hong Seok-ho will@donga.com

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