Samsung wage vote begins amid chip bonus backlash

Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics began voting Friday on a tentative 2026 wage agreement that includes a new chip performance bonus scheme, as a widening compensation gap fuels discontent among employees outside the company’s core memory business.

The electronic vote runs from 2 p.m.

Friday through 10 a.m. on May 27.

The agreement will become binding if more than half of eligible union members take part and a majority of those voting approve it.

If rejected, Samsung and the union will hav ...