Samsung labor negotiations collapse; strike looms

The labor union and management at Samsung Electronics failed to narrow their differences over performance-based bonuses on the second and final day of government-led mediation talks that ended early Wednesday, raising concerns that the union may go ahead with a general strike later this month. The talks, seen as a last-ditch effort to avert the general strike, began at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the National Labor Relations Commission office in the administrative city of Sejong, but both sides failed to

By The Korea Herald