6% of the employee council… The company defends at 3%
Unions are expected to demand higher rates of increase
Confirmation of wage increase rate for affiliates such as Samsung D is delayed
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Samsung Electronics (005930)Has not been able to close the gap between employees and employees over the size of this year’s wage increase. The company is considering a 3% increase in wages compared to the previous year, but the labor union or employee council, which is discussing a collective bargaining agreement, is demanding a more than twice the rate of increase, so it will take some time to negotiate.
According to the industry on the 22nd, the Samsung Electronics Employees Council, an autonomous labor-management organization, could not determine the wage increase rate in 2021 until this month’s payday (21st), when the new wages are applied this year. The employee council requested a 6% increase at the negotiating table, but the management is known to have insisted around 3%. The employee council demanded that the company made a surplus of about 36 trillion won last year and the executive’s annual salary more than doubled. It is known to be embarrassed for reasons such as. According to the business report, the average salary per person for Samsung Electronics employees last year was around 127 million won.
Along with the abolition of the’no union management’ principle, the Samsung Electronics labor union, which was launched in earnest last year, is also contributing to the demands of employees to raise wages. In particular, the nationwide Samsung Electronics Labor Union under the Korean Federation of Trade Unions is in the midst of preparing a negotiation proposal for the management, such as conducting a questionnaire survey on the desired wage increase rate for its members. The labor union’s final wage increase rate request has not been decided yet, but it is being discussed with a minimum of 6.8% and a maximum of 10%. The union plans to deliver the 2021 wage negotiation request to the management by the end of this month and openly recruit wage bargaining groups to negotiate with the company. An official from Samsung Electronics said, “The wage increase rate was usually decided in early March, but it was delayed last year, so it was applied retrospectively in April, so it is not a special situation that the payment of the increase was delayed.”
Meanwhile, due to the delay in wage negotiations with Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI (006400), Samsung Electro-Mechanics (009150) Electronic affiliates within the group are also unable to set the rate of wage increase this year. Based on the wage increase rate set by Samsung Electronics, the eldest brother, they have set the rate of wage increase every year in consideration of the business environment of each company, but the wage negotiations by Samsung Electronics have been delayed and have been delayed in series. Among them, the Samsung Display union demanded a 6.8% increase from the previous year from the company.
/ Reporter Sumin Lee [email protected]
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