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Union organisers and police put the number of protesters at 40,000, making the demonstration the largest to date for Samsung.
Around 40,000 protested, marking Samsung's largest-ever demonstration and workers' first walkout in 2024.
KEY POINTS
- Many Samsung employees are leaving for rival SK Hynix due to a widening compensation gap.
- Over 70% of Samsung's South Korean workforce—more than 90,000 members—now belong to the union.
- Samsung management rejected scrapping a cap on bonus pay, while SK Hynix eliminated its own cap.
- A production halt from even a single strike could damage Samsung's customer trust for years.
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