Samsung appliance workers to stage a rally protesting chip workers' wage deal


A flag bearing the logo of Samsung Electronics flutters as it rains in front of their office building in Seoul, South Korea, May 20, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL, July 6 (Reuters) - ⁠Workers in Samsung Electronics' smartphone, television ⁠and home appliance division will stage ‌a rally on July 16, their union said, to protest the big bonuses the company's chip workers have ​negotiated.

• Workers in the ⁠company's booming semiconductor division ⁠recently won a wage deal led by another ⁠union.

• ‌The non-chip division's workers are expected to receive a bonus of ⁠6 million won ($3,900) in treasury shares ​for 2026, ‌compared to up to 600 million won ⁠for ​those at the semiconductor division, Yonhap News Agency said.

• Roughly 2,000 or 3,000 workers are ⁠expected to participate in the ​rally near Samsung's headquarters in Suwon, Yonhap reported, citing the largest union for workers in ⁠the company's mobiles and consumer electronics division said.

• The union has about 28,000 members.

• Samsung is expected to flag its operating ​profit surged about 18-fold from ⁠a year earlier in the second quarter, ​when it releases its ‌earnings estimate for the April-June ​quarter on Tuesday.

($1 = 1,529.3000 won)

(Reporting by Heejin Kim; Editing by Sonali Paul)

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