Some Samsung Affiliates' Labor Unions Push to Establish 'Trans-Company Union'

Some labor unions of Samsung Group affiliates are pushing for the establishment of a unified union.

Seoul Samsung Electronics Seocho Building. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

According to the industry on the 11th, some Samsung affiliate unions have started gathering opinions from their members earlier this month regarding the establishment of a so-called 'super-company union' that encompasses the unions of various affiliates.

The unions currently participating in the push to establish the super-company union are the Samsung Electronics DX (Device Experience) Union, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Ribbon Union, Samsung Display Open Union, and Samsung Biologics Sangsaeng Union, totaling four unions.

They plan to officially launch the super-company union as early as the beginning of next year after holding general meetings in each union to ask members whether they support the union integration. It is known that the integration is being pursued with the intention of pooling strength as a group-level union to enhance bargaining power.

The number of members in each union participating in the super-company union is approximately 6,000 in the Samsung Electronics DX Union, 3,000 in the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Ribbon Union, 2,000 in the Samsung Display Open Union, and 1,600 in the Samsung Biologics Sangsaeng Union.

The combined total number of members in the four unions is about 13,000, which is more than the approximately 9,000 members of the National Samsung Electronics Union, currently the largest union among Samsung affiliates.

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