Samsung Electronics Labor and Management Reach Tentative Wage Agreement

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By Cho Tae-hyung
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Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon (center), Choi Seung-ho (right), chairman of Samsung Electronics' joint labor union struggle headquarters, and Yeo Myung-gu, head of the People Team at the Device Solutions (DS, semiconductor business) division, joined hands at the Gyeonggi Regional Employment and Labor Office in Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on May 20, after Samsung Electronics' (005930.KS) labor and management reached a tentative wage agreement.

Samsung Electronics' labor and management resumed wage negotiations that day under the mediation of Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon.

By Cho Tae-hyung, May 20, 2026.

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Original reporting by Cho Tae-hyung for Seoul Economic Daily.

AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

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