Five days before a planned general strike by the Samsung Electronics union, Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon met with the company's executives to urge the resumption of labor-management dialogue and to mediate the ongoing dispute.
According to Yonhap News on May 16, the Ministry of Labor announced that Kim met with Samsung executives for about an hour on the same day.
The ministry stated, "Minister Kim explained the government's position and the content of his discussions with the labor union during a meeting yesterday, urging the management to actively engage in dialogue to resolve the issues at hand."
On the previous day, Kim had met with Choi Seung-ho, chairman of the Samsung Electronics branch of the Samsung Group's largest union.
The union is demanding a fixed performance bonus of 15% of operating profit and the abolition of the upper limit on bonuses during negotiations. However, the management maintains that it will uphold the existing system while offering flexible bonuses without limits, leading to a stalemate between the two sides.
The union plans to conduct a general strike from May 21 to June 7, expecting participation from up to 50,000 members.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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