Samsung Performance Bonus Negotiations Break Down... PM Kim: "Support Needed to Prevent Strike"

Government Convenes Emergency Meeting of Key Ministers

As negotiations between Samsung Electronics labor and management over performance bonuses ultimately broke down, the government has stepped in to discuss its response.

Prime Minister Minseok Kim

On the morning of May 13, Prime Minister Kim Minseok convened an emergency meeting of relevant ministers regarding the Samsung Electronics strike at his office in the Government Complex Seoul. At the meeting, he received a report from Kim Younghoon, Minister of Employment and Labor, and Moon Sinhak, Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, on the outcome of the follow-up mediation that continued until early that morning.

Prime Minister Kim expressed his regret that even the government's follow-up mediation ended in failure, and said, "Under no circumstances should this lead to a strike. Please actively support ongoing dialogue between labor and management," adding, "Given the significant ripple effects on the national economy, the government will closely monitor and manage the situation."

This meeting of relevant ministers was not previously scheduled; it appears to have been urgently convened after news broke early that morning of the final breakdown in follow-up mediation.

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