Court Rules "Samsung Union Busting" Case Must Pay Compensation to Union

The Korean Metal Workers' Union (Metal Union) partially won a lawsuit seeking damages, claiming that Samsung affiliates attempted to dismantle the union. It has been 3 years and 10 months since the union filed the lawsuit against Samsung Electronics and others.

On the 16th, the Civil Division 42 of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Jeong Hyun-seok) ruled partially in favor of the plaintiff in the damages lawsuit filed by the Metal Union against Samsung Electronics and 41 others. The court ordered Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electronics Service to pay 100 million KRW each, and Samsung C&T Corporation to pay 30 million KRW, along with the corresponding delayed interest.

The so-called 'Everland Union Dismantling' case involves former Samsung Electronics Vice President Kang Kyung-hoon, who oversaw labor affairs at the Human Resources Support Team of Samsung Group's Future Strategy Office, obstructing the establishment and activities of the Metal Union Samsung Branch Everland Union from June 2011 to March 2018.

After Kang and others were found guilty in the first trial of the case in December 2019, the Metal Union filed a damages lawsuit in April 2020 against Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electronics Service, Samsung C&T Corporation, related affiliates, and the Korea Employers Federation. Initially, there were 100 defendants including the Government of the Republic of Korea, but during the trial process, some claims were withdrawn, reducing the number of defendants to 41.

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