Park Su-keun, Chairperson of the Central Labor Relations Commission mediating labor and management at Samsung Electronics, said on the 19th that "two issues have not been resolved."
The chairperson met with reporters before attending the second post-adjustment afternoon meeting for mediation of Samsung Electronics' bonus negotiations held at the Government Complex Sejong earlier that day and said this. When asked, "What are the two?" the chairperson said they were "the most important things," adding, "You know what they are." Post-adjustment is a procedure in which the Central Labor Relations Commission mediates both sides after labor-management negotiations break down.
The supra-enterprise labor union Samsung Electronics Chapter has argued for abolishing the bonus cap set at 50% of the current annual salary and using 15% of operating profit as the funding source for special award bonuses. Accordingly, the two issues Park mentioned are likely "the bonus cap" and "the size of the special award bonuses."
Meanwhile, labor and management at Samsung Electronics conducted post-adjustment from 10 a.m. to 6:20 p.m. the previous day. As differences were not narrowed at the meeting, post-adjustment continued through the 19th. The post-adjustment is scheduled to end at 7 p.m. If no agreement is reached in the afternoon post-adjustment, the union plans to press ahead with a strike on the 21st.