Samsung Electronics Union Encourages Total Strike Participation While Visiting Semiconductor Sites

The National Samsung Electronics Labor Union (Jeonsamno), which launched the first-ever general strike since Samsung Electronics was founded, appealed for participation in the strike while touring the semiconductor production lines.

On the 8th, when the National Samsung Electronics Labor Union, the largest union of Samsung Electronics, declared a three-day general strike, union members shouted slogans at the general strike rally held in front of the main gate of Samsung Electronics Hwaseong Plant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do. Photo by Yongjun Cho jun21@

On the 4th day of the strike, the 11th, Jeonsamno held a promotional rally to encourage participation in the general strike in front of the 8-inch line building at the Giheung campus, gathering about 350 union members.

The 8-inch line is a process that produces legacy (older) semiconductors, relying heavily on manual work and thus has a higher dependence on labor compared to automated fine processes.

Jeonsamno stated through a YouTube live broadcast the day before, "The 8-inch line requires essential human labor, and if personnel withdraw from here, the line can be stopped," adding, "Our goal is to stop the 8-inch line first." They also revealed plans to halt the HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) equipment, saying, "HBM is the core semiconductor that management considers most important."

Since the strike aims to cause "production disruption," the union intends to increase pressure on management by targeting the core semiconductor HBM.

Accordingly, Jeonsamno plans to continue the rally as scheduled on the 12th in front of the HBM line cafeteria at the Pyeongtaek campus.

Jeonsamno is the largest union within the company, currently with about 32,000 members, accounting for approximately 25.6% of Samsung Electronics' total workforce (about 125,000 employees).

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