National Labor Relations Commission Chair Park Soo-keun attends the second round of postmediation talks between Samsung Electronics' management and labor unions in Sejong on May 19. [NEWS1]
A government mediator signaled on Tuesday that a formal proposal to end the Samsung Electronics labor dispute could come as early as this evening.
A deal “must be put forward,” National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) Chair Park Soo-keun told reporters after the morning’s postmediation session. “It’s not ready yet, but there is a possibility [that an agreement could be reached] this evening.”
When asked whether the two sides had narrowed their differences, Park said, “A little,” and noted that negotiations over the bonus distribution ratio by division were underway.
Samsung Electronics’ management and labor entered a second round of postmediation talks at the NLRC’s office in Sejong on Monday, with the government mediator overseeing negotiations. No deal was reached, and talks extended into Tuesday.
Samsung’s labor unions plan to launch a strike on Thursday if management fails to commit to “fairly” distributing gains from the company’s AI-driven recovery to workers. The unions say that more than 46,000 members have expressed their willingness to participate. The strike, if carried out, could cost Samsung Electronics upward of 30 trillion won ($20 billion) in losses, according to multiple estimates.
Choi Seung-ho, the head of the Samsung Electronics chapter of the Samsung Group United Union, struck a more measured tone on Tuesday. “We are trying to make a proposal that members can be satisfied with as much as possible," he said.
When asked whether the union was still pushing for the institutionalization of the performance bonus system, he answered, “Yes.”
This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
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