Workers in Samsung Electronics’ consumer-device division are preparing to rally over a widening pay gap in the company’s highly profitable semiconductor business. The Donghaeng union, which represents mainly employees in Samsung’s Device eXperience (DX) division,…
Samsung Electronics’ unionized workers in South Korea voted in March 2026 to approve a strike plan after negotiations over wages and bonuses stalled. The union demanded a 7% wage increase and reforms to Samsung’s bonus…
A lengthy investigation by Hungarian news outlet Telex has detailed how government officials in 2023 were presented with intelligence showing that Samsung SDI’s battery plant in Göd was exposing workers to carcinogenic chemicals at levels…
A Rest of World article exposes dysfunction within Samsung’s semiconductor division, where engineers describe a “militaristic” culture and hierarchical management that stresses meeting precise yield and cost targets. Managers—often promoted more for administrative skill than…
The largest union at Samsung Electronics has launched an indefinite strike following failed negotiations over pay and working conditions. Initially planned as a three-day strike by 6,500 workers, it has expanded as management remained silent….
The inaugural ceremony for the first integrated labour union representing four Samsung companies, took place in Seoul on Monday. In the article published in The Korea Herald, Samsung Group United Union with approximately 15,800 members,…
CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of over 50 organizations, is urging semiconductor companies, including Intel, Micron, TSMC, Samsung, and Texas Instruments, to uphold accountability and environmental responsibility as they receive billions in public subsidies…
Samsung workers in a smartphone plant in Vietnam say that the company has reduced its output as merchants and warehouses struggle with growing inventories due to a global decline in consumer spending. In an exclusive…
French courts file preliminary charges against Samsung over misleading advertising on its commitment to human and worker rights. In 2018, Sherpa and ActionAid France filed a lawsuit against Samsung, accusing the company of false advertising due…