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5 Jul 2021

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Yonhap

So. Korea: Samsung Display workers end strike after wage agreement is reached

"Samsung Display, union reach wage agreement", 5 July 2021

The labor union of Samsung Display Co. has reached a wage agreement with management and will end its two-week partial strike soon, union officials said...

Six union representatives went on strike on June 21, demanding a 6.8 percent hike in base pay, in the first-ever walkout at the world's largest mobile display maker.

In the latest negotiation, the union withdrew its demand and accepted the company's proposal of a 4.5 percent raise, and the agreement was approved by 83 percent of its members in a subsequent vote, the union said...

"The company promised to provide wage data for the next wage negotiations, which will resume four months later."

Six leading union members, who have been striking at its plant in Asan, about 100 kilometers south of Seoul, will return to work next week after the two sides sign the wage agreement this Thursday, the union added.

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