Samsung Display Union's Dispute Activity Vote Approved with 91% Approval Rate

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] Samsung Display Labor Union conducted a strike activity approval vote among its members and received over 90% approval. The Samsung Display union, which recently declared a breakdown in wage negotiations with management, will obtain legal strike rights if labor-management mediation fails at the Central Labor Relations Commission under the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

Samsung Display union announced on the 8th that it conducted a strike activity approval vote over four days starting from the 4th, targeting 2,413 members, and recorded a 91.4% approval rate. A total of 1,896 members, accounting for 78.6% of all members, voted, and among them, 1,733 supported the strike activity. The approval rate relative to the total membership is 71.8%.

The Samsung Display union declared a breakdown in wage negotiations on the 27th of last month and applied for labor dispute mediation at the Central Labor Relations Commission earlier this month. They plan to undergo two rounds of labor dispute mediation procedures next week. If the commission determines that the gap between labor and management cannot be narrowed and issues a 'mediation suspension' ruling, the union will legally secure the right to strike.

Although the union plans to proceed with strike activities, the specific methods of the strike have not yet been decided. There has never been a strike action where the union exercised its power at Samsung Display until now. The Samsung Display union was launched under the Federation of Korean Trade Unions in February last year. Currently, the number of members is about 2,400, exceeding 10% of the total employees.

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