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Samsung union leaders set to extend indefinite strike

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4 months ago

July 10, 2024

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*Vows production disruptions

By Francesca Hangeior

A union representing tens of thousands of workers at Samsung Electronics in South Korea said Wednesday it would extend a three-day strike indefinitely in a bid to force management to negotiate.

The strike is the biggest labour action in the tech giant’s history and steps up pressure on the chipmaker’s management, who last week predicted a huge second-quarter operating profit increase.

“(We) declare a second indefinite general strike from July 10, after learning that the management has no willingness to talk,” the National Samsung Electronics Union said in a statement.

More than 5,000 members stopped working Monday for what was meant to be a three-day strike, part of a long-running battle over pay and benefits.

The move follows a one-day walkout in June, the first such collective action at the company, which went decades without unionisation.

The union has more than 30,000 members — more than a fifth of the company’s total workforce.

Samsung said on Wednesday that the strike would not affect production.

Samsung Electronics will ensure no disruptions occur in the production lines,” a spokesperson told AFP, adding the company “remains committed to engaging in good faith negotiations with the union”.

But the union said it had confirmed “clear disruption in production”, and added that the longer the strike went on “the more the management will suffer”.

“Eventually, they will kneel and come to the negotiation table. We are confident of victory,” it added in a statement, urging more workers to participate.

Samsung Electronics is the world’s largest memory chipmaker and accounts for a significant chunk of global output of the high-end chips used in generative AI.

But as semiconductor factories are highly automated with low demand for actual manpower, it is likely the strike will not have a major impact, Avril Wu, an analyst at Taipei-based research group TrendForce, told AFP.

“Even if the strike is extended, the current assessment is that there will still be no significant impact,” Wu said.

The union has been locked in negotiations with management since January, but the two sides have failed to narrow differences.

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MASSIVE Empowerment: Senator Manu embarks another ICT training Taraba Central (Video)

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52 minutes ago

November 20, 2024

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The Senator representing Taraba Central Senatorial District Manu Haruna has embarked on massive training of students across his constituency in Taraba State.

Recall that before this training, Senator Manu had embarked on similar training in his constituency where over 1000 students benefitted with starter packs.

In this on going program put together by Senator Manu Haruna and the Centre for National Productivity started on Wednesday and is expected to end on Thursday, where the trainees will collect their starter packs consisting of computers and other necessary gadgets.

The program is on going in five local governments namely: Gassol LGA
Sardauna LGA Bali LGA Kurmi LGA
Gashaka LGA.

While declaring the program open, representative of Senator Manu Haruna Director General of his Campaign, Hon Simon Dogari, who also led other members council to the event said:

“This is not the first of its kind that our iconic leader Senator has organized, in the past he had organized similar training programs where over 3,000 students benefitted across our Senatorial District.

He said: ” This particular program will sharpen the skills of all participants to prepare them for the new world order of internet surfing.

“I plead with you all to attend to to your lectures with all seriousness as at the end of this program you will get starter packs consisting of a laptop.

Others who represented Senator Manu at the event include:
Hon Alhassan Hamman Gassol
Alh. Shaibu Ishaka Kurmi
Hon. Abbas Kaura
Hon. Dr Abdullahi Jugulde
Hon. Hassan Bako
Hon. Somalia Sule
Alh. Falalu Manu
Alh. Alhassan Doro
Hon. Mohammed Nagogo
Prof. Yushua Ahmed Bali
Hon. Muslim Aruwa Commissioner for science and Technology Taraba State

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Pope Francis kicks as Russian invades Ukraine

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1 hour ago

November 20, 2024

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***Says, action shameful disastrous

By Francesca Hangeior

Pope Francis marked 1,000 days since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Wednesday, calling it a “shameful disaster for humanity” at an audience attended by First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska.

“Yesterday marked 1,000 days since the invasion of Ukraine. A tragic anniversary for the victims and the destruction it has caused,” the Argentine pope said at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican.

“But at the same time, (it is) a shameful disaster for all humanity,” he added in front of the thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, where Zelenska sat with the first ladies of Armenia, Lithuania and Serbia.

He expressed his closeness to the “martyred Ukrainian people” and called for efforts “so that weapons give way to dialogue”.

Francis then read a letter addressed to him by a Ukrainian student in which he describes the war and how people are suffering.

Russia launched its full-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022 and since then, the pope has frequently called for an end to the conflict.