As the labor union of Samsung Electronics announced a rally related to a general strike in front of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong's residence, a shareholder group opposing it also decided to hold a counterrally at the same location.

On the 23rd, near the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek Campus in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, officials from the Korea Shareholders' Action read a resolution opposing the union's rally as the Joint Struggle Headquarters of the Samsung Electronics union holds a rally to pledge action. /Courtesy of Yonhap News

According to Yonhap News on the 26th, the Korea Shareholder Movement Headquarters, which has taken a stance against Samsung Electronics union activities, notified police that it would hold a rally from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on the 21st of next month in front of Chairman Lee's residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

This is seen as a response to the Samsung Electronics super-company union, which has announced a rally to unveil its general strike plan at 1 p.m. the same day in front of Chairman Lee's residence.

The number of participants reported by the shareholder movement headquarters was said to be about 30. The group had also issued a statement nearby on the 23rd, when the Samsung Electronics union held a struggle rally of 40,000 people at the Pyeongtaek plant, saying the union's excessive demands infringe on shareholders' property rights.

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