Samsung wage deal nears approval as internal backlash grows

Samsung Electronics' tentative wage agreement is set to be approved this week, ending a five-month labor dispute that nearly triggered the company's largest-ever strike. But the workers the deal leaves out are going to court to stop it. Turnout in the union ratification vote passed 86 percent as of Monday morning, the fourth day of balloting, according to the company's largest union. The electronic vote closes at 10 a.m. Wednesday and approval is widely expected. Roughly 80 percent of that union

By The Korea Herald