Samsung Electronics' union set to stage first walkout on Friday

) union in South Korea is due to stage on Friday the first walkout at the technology giant, but some analysts did not expect the labour action over pay and conditions to have a major impact on chip production.

Trendforce noted that the walkout involved more workers at the Samsung headquarters in the capital Seoul rather than those directly involved in production. Responding to a decision by the company to increase wages this year by 5.1%, the union has said that it wanted an additional day of annual leave as well as transparent performance-based bonuses.The union had said all company sites across South Korea would be affected by its June 7 action. NSEU is the biggest of five labour unions at the company.

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