Workers at South Korean memory chipmaker SK hynix are stepping up collective action over wages and employee compensation as the company benefits from strong demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in artificial intelligence systems. On…
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…
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,…
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…
Workers fell sick and died due to exposure to hazardous chemicals in their chip labs, Korea Workers Compensation & Welfare Service (KCOMWEL) concluded on May 22, after reviewing ten years of epidemiological data. A Decade…
Lee Jong-ran (right), labor attorney with SHARPS, helps Hwang Sang-ki (left), a SHARPS founder, put on a clean suit ahead of a rally against Samsung in 2016. Samsung listed Lee and Hwang as “persons of…
A young female worker at a Korean semiconductor plant dies due to the cumulative effects of her on-the-job chemical exposure. Yet, amid this her employer seeks to invalidate her workers compensation. SHARPS report that the…
The 2018 Annual Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics outlines the deadly consequences of toxic exposure in the workplace. In fact, around 2.8 million workers a year die due to unsafe or unhealthy conditions,…