Samsung union-busting –
Seoul court convicted Samsung’s Lee Sang-hoon and others of labor violations.
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. “The court convicted Samsung officials on multiple charges, including gathering personal information on some union members, such as their marital status, personal finances, and mental-health histories.”Samsung admits falling short of “society’s expectations”Samsung released a statement today saying that the company “understanding and view towards labor unions in the past fell short of society’s expectations. “As Samsung board chairman, Lee Sang-hoon “is responsible for convening quarterly board meetings and reviewing the company financial statements before they are sent to shareholders for a vote, among other responsibilities, “the Journal wrote.
Prosecutors also alleged that Samsung executives “clos [ed] sub-contracted firms with active unions,” used “sensitive information about union members to convince them to leave, “and” delay [ed] negotiations between labor unions and management, “a
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“While Lee claims there were many areas he did not know much about, [we] cannot give him immunity only due to the fact that [he] was not aware of the peripheral areas, “the judge in the case said.
and suspended some of the charges, letting him walk free after about a yearin prison. (There is no relation between Lee Jae-yong and Lee Sang-hoon.)
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