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With the companywide strike the Samsung Electronics unions warned about just two days away, Samsung Electronics management informed the unions that 7,087 workers would have to be deployed if the strike proceeds.
On May 19, Samsung Electronics said in a written reply to the Samsung Group Cross-Company Union, Samsung Electronics Branch (hereafter the Cross-Company Union), and the National Samsung Electronics Labor Union (hereafter Jeonsamno) that the company will establish daily duty rosters within each department’s required staffing limits, maintaining normal staffing levels so safety and security operations can continue during any labor action, Yonhap News reported.
The company earlier specified that, based on the court’s injunction standards, the daily required personnel total 7,087: 2,396 for safety duties and 4,691 for security tasks.
Mandatory safety personnel include the Global Manufacturing & Infrastructure Division’s fire and disaster-prevention team and the AI Center Division’s data-center team. For security tasks, Samsung identified essential staffing of 2,454 in Memory, 162 in System LSI, 1,109 in Foundry, and 566 in the Semiconductor Research Institute.
Samsung asked the unions to instruct members who received schedules to report to work as directed so they can perform safety and security duties.
In response, the Cross-Company Union asked the company to provide detailed, team-level lists showing specific headcounts sufficient for supervisors to direct members on whether to participate in the action, and it requested that non-union workers be deployed first to minimize restrictions on basic rights.
The previous day, the court ruled on Samsung’s injunction request seeking to prohibit unlawful labor actions, ordering that staffing for safety protection facilities, measures to prevent facility damage, and steps to avoid product deterioration be maintained at normal levels.
The court also barred the Cross-Company Union and its chair, Choi Seung-ho, from occupying all or part of any facility, installing locks on facilities, or obstructing workers’ access.
Samsung management and labor are holding final negotiations over formalizing and increasing transparency in the performance-bonus system and removing payout caps. The unions have said they will begin a companywide strike on the 21st if talks break down.
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