… The awkward bit is whether those bonuses become company rules and get paid every year. National Samsung Electronics Union acting chair Woo Ha-kyung said negotiations had collapsed because management made a one-off offer. The unions want bonuses written into contracts instead. …
… In a rare scrap of good news, the union said it would “not stop trying to reach a settlement even during the strike.” Samsung’s union workers are demanding 15 per cent of the company’s annual operating profit in bonuses. …
… National Samsung Electronics Union chair Choi Seung-ho said members would vote before 27 May on the deal. He promised to do his “utmost to help stabilise labour-management relations at Samsung Electronics”. The union told members to show up for work as usual on Thursday. …