Samsung chip workers approve new deal and will receive huge bonuses Post your comment Comments 10 Peter 27 May 2026 Samsung Mobile hardware Other Crisis averted – Samsung workers approved a new pay deal that will see 10.5% of the company’s semiconductor operating profit be distributed as special bo… …
… Link: Samsung workers approve pay deal, shares surge | https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/samsungs-unionised-workers-south-korea-approve-wage-deal-2026-05-27/ | Reuters
… The situation, however, is less than ideal for Samsung's employees working in other divisions. For instance, Samsung Mobile employees will take home just 6 million won ~$4,000 under the new deal. Similarly, the LSI division employees will take home around 160 million won ~$100,000 in bonuses. …
A South Korean court on Tuesday dismissed an attempt by Samsung Electronics' consumer electronics workers to block ratification of the company's AI-driven bonus deal, according to the Korea Herald , all but guaranteeing approval of a package that will pay memory chip employees roughly $400,000 each… …
Details have emerged about a tentative deal struck between Samsung and semiconductor employees who had threatened to strike. The deal reportedly makes some workers eligible for average annual bonuses of $340,000. …
… Further negotiations were scheduled for May 11 and 12, but the penultimate talks broke down again on May 12 without a deal. Leaked transcripts from the talks alleged that Samsung offered memory workers a 607% bonus worth $477,000, while logic chip staff were to get as little as 50%. …
Samsung DX employees are planning a rally to protest a hundred-fold disparity in bonuses Post your comment Comments 15 Peter 06 July 2026 Samsung Workers at Samsung’s Device Solutions the company’s semiconductor arm were threatening to strike back in May, but their union and the company signed a de… …
… As a result, Samsung agreed to pay nearly $26.6 billion in bonuses to chip workers, with some employees set to receive as much as $416,000. However, the deal has angered non-chip employees and, according to Reuters , they have filed an injunction to stop the vote on the agreement. …
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… That comes on top of 1.5 per cent already handed out through existing bonus schemes. About 40 per cent of the chip bonus pool will be shared equally. …