Court partially accepts Samsung Electronics' injunction request against union strike

A court on Monday partially accepted Samsung Electronics Co.'s request for an injunction to block a strike threatened by its unionized workers. The Suwon District Court said staffing to prevent potential damage to safety-related and other facilities and its products must be maintained at usual levels, just three days ahead of the union's planned 18-day strike. It also restricted the company's largest union from taking over the company's facilities or disrupting workers from entering them in a decision effectively accepting many of the company's requests. Samsung filed for the injunction on April 16 against the company's two unions from striking, citing potential damage and disruptions to its operations. The decision comes as Samsung Electronics and its unionized workers began negotiations earlier in the day for a last-minute breakthrough ahead of the planned strike, expected to involve about 50,000 workers. Samsung's management and labor union have remained far apart over performance-based bonuses tied to the company's record-high earnings from the artificial intelligence (AI)-related sem