Samsung workers for South Korea don begin three-day fight (strike) today Monday as them dey yan say company no gree pay them well and give them better benefits.
Di oga of di union wey dey represent Samsung workers, Son Woo-mok, confirm dis thing on Monday and warn say the fight go fit affect how dem dey make computer chips.
Samsung Electronics na the biggest company for the world wey dey make computer chips and dem dey responsible for plenty important chips wey the world dey use.
Thousands of workers wear raincoats and ribbons wey get writing say "fight together" come out for company gate near Hwaseong, south of Seoul. Management and the union don dey drag leg since January as dem no fit agree on how much money workers go collect and other benefits. Samsung offer workers 5.1% increase for their pay but the union reject am.
Union oga, Woo-mok, tell the workers say, "The fight don start today. Today fight na just the beginning." Im come tell dem say make dem no go work again until July 10th and make dem no answer any work calls.
The union talk say about 5,200 people wey dey work for factory, production and development join the fight. One big man for the union wey be Lee Hyun-kuk come ask say, "Dem still think say dis fight no go affect how dem dey make things?"
Di union wey get more than 30,000 members announce the three-day fight last week after talks with management collapse. This fight follow one-day walkout wey the union do for June. Na the first time wey Samsung workers go do something like this together because before, the company no gree allow any union.
One worker wey dey fight for the union talk say, "I really happy. We dey make history."
Samsung workers reject the offer of 5.1% pay rise for March because dem want more better leave and better way to calculate their bonuses.
Samsung Electronics try for almost 50 years to stop their workers from getting union but last last, workers manage to form their own union for late 2010s.
The company na the main important part of Samsung Group wey be giant company for South Korea. Samsung Group na the biggest company wey one family dey control for Asia wey dey number four for the whole world.
Samsung predict say their profit go increase 15 times more than last year because of plenty people wey dey want buy new type of computer programmes.
Semiconductors na important parts wey many things need to work like phones, cars and even weapons. Because of programmes like ChatGPT, plenty people dey want buy better chips wey go fit work with this new type of programmes.
Semiconductors na the number one thing wey South Korea dey sell to other countries and the value reach $11.7 billion for March. This na the highest level in almost two years and e be one-fifth of everything wey South Korea dey sell to other countries.
Source: Prime 9ja Online Pidgin: Samsung Workers Strike! 3-Day Palava Over Pay and Benefits