Voter turnout on the tentative 2026 wage and collective bargaining agreement at the Samsung Electronics chapter of the Samsung Group Cross-Company Labor Union has surpassed 80% just three days after voting began. With three days remaining until the deadline, the final turnout is expected to exceed 90%.
According to the Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) union, 47,473 members had participated in the vote as of 10:36 a.m. on Wednesday. With a total of 57,290 eligible voters, the turnout stood at 82.86% as of that time.
Voting on the tentative agreement began at 10 a.m. on the 22nd and will close at 10 a.m. on the 27th. With three more days remaining until the deadline, the turnout figure is considered exceptionally high.
As of 2 p.m. on the 21st, the cutoff date for the voter roll, the Cross-Company Union had 70,850 members. Most belong to the Device Solutions (DS) division, which handles semiconductors, with the memory business unit accounting for 24,000 members and the non-memory business unit for 17,000. The common division has about 22,000 members, while the CSS and other units have around 1,000.
The Device Experience (DX) division, which covers mobile and home appliances, has between 7,000 and 8,000 members. Under the Cross-Company Union's bylaws, members who have failed to pay union dues for one or more consecutive months lose voting rights, accounting for the gap between total membership and the number of eligible voters.
Industry sources said approval is likely, as roughly 80% of Cross-Company Union members belong to the DS division. For the tentative agreement to pass, a majority of eligible voters must participate, and a majority of those participating must vote in favor.
Separately, Choi Seung-ho, head of the Samsung Electronics chapter, decided to hold a confidence vote on his own leadership within June.
