"Samsung Bonus Standoff Has No Winners; Unions Should Lead on Social Solidarity"

■ Han Seok-ho, Secretary General of the Korea Labor Foundation Wage Surge at Conglomerates Keeps Widening Labor Market Dualism AI and Robot Adoption May Worsen Youth Employment Cliff Company-Level Bargaining Has Limits; Industry-Level Bargaining Needed to Ease Wage Gaps Business Community Needs Social Strategy, Must View Industrial Competitiveness and Employment Together

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Original reporting by Kim Hyun-soo (Commentary) for Seoul Economic Daily.

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