Koo Yun-cheol, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, said, "A strike by Samsung Electronics must never happen."
Koo said on the 13th on his X (formerly Twitter) account, "The government is very sorry that collective bargaining at Samsung Electronics has not been concluded even after the government's post-mediation," adding the above.
He said, "Samsung Electronics is an important company drawing global attention," and added, "Taking into account the current business conditions and the impact on the national economy, both labor and management must keep working to achieve principled negotiations." He also said, "In any case, the government will provide full support to ensure the issue is resolved through principled negotiations."
Earlier, labor and management at Samsung Electronics ended the post-mediation process that began on the 11th at 2:50 a.m. that day. Post-mediation is a system in which the National Labor Relations Commission conducts mediation again with the consent of both labor and management even after initial mediation fails. With the breakdown of post-mediation, there are views that the likelihood has grown of a general strike on the 21st, as announced by the Samsung Electronics union.