Samsung workers have gone on a 3-day strike! 6,000 employees are demanding "fairer wages".

Samsung workers went on strike again after last month and made consecutive strikes for the first time. Thousands of employees in South Korea left their jobs to demand their rights to be improved.

WORKERS INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION ARE AMONG THOSE ON STRIKE

The National Samsung Electronics Union, which went on strike, has about 30,000 members, which is equivalent to a quarter of Samsung's workforce in South Korea. However, the union announced that approximately 6,540 workers, mostly working in production fields and product development departments, participated in this week's strike.

"THE STRIKE HAS NO EFFECT" THEY SAID

Experts say that the strike is not expected to have a significant impact on the production of the world's largest chip manufacturer due to low participation and automated production. The union had its first strike last month, but Samsung stated that this strike had no impact on its business operations.

WORKERS GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE HEADQUARTERS

The company did not make a statement regarding the strike that started today. The workers who participated in the strike gathered at Samsung's headquarters in the Hwaseong district of Seoul. In response to criticisms of low participation, union president Son Woo-mok said that they were only established five years ago and did not have enough time to educate their members; "Nevertheless, I don't think the participation is low, we are much younger compared to other unions," he said.

MADE 15 TIMES MORE PROFIT THAN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR

Union leaders argue that the calculations of bonuses based on the company's operating profit after deducting the capital cost are unfair. Samsung stated on July 5th that its profit for the second half of the year (between April and June) was 15 times higher than the previous year.