Samsung wage deal faces backlash over chip-heavy bonus plan

Samsung Electronics’ tentative 2026 wage agreement is facing backlash from employees in its consumer electronics and mobile division.

Union leaders accuse management of shaping the deal around the company’s booming memory chip business while leaving finished-product workers behind.

The Suwon branch of the National Samsung Electronics Union and Samsung Electronics Donghaeng Labor Union, whose members are largely from the Device eXperience division, held a press conference Friday outside Samsung D ...