Seoul, May 22 -- Samsung Electronics' tentative 2026 wage agreement faced backlash over a chip-heavy bonus plan, drawing sharp criticism from employees in the consumer electronics and mobile division. According to a news report by The Korea Herald, union leaders accused management of shaping the deal around the company's booming memory chip business while leaving finished-product workers behind.

As per the report, the Suwon branch of the National Samsung Electronics Union and Samsung Electronics Donghaeng Labor Union held a press conference on Friday outside Samsung Digital City in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, pledging to campaign against the deal. These unions largely represented members from the Device eXperience division, which oversees ...