Two-thirds of Samsung union members cast ballots on 1st day of wage vote

“Around two-thirds of unionized workers at Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday voted on a tentative wage deal following a last-minute agreement with management that averted a strike planned earlier this week. As of 8:25 p.m., around 66 percent of members of the Samsung Electronics Labor Union, the largest union at the tech giant with 70,850 members, had cast their ballots on the first day of the vote, according to the union. Around 69 percent of the 19,000-member National Samsung Electronics Union had also taken part in the vote, which will run through next Wednesday. The labor union and management reached the agreement just an hour before an 18-day strike was set to begin at the world's top memory chipmaker on Thursday. The agreement will be ratified if more than half of eligible union members participate in the vote, with a majority of those voting approving the deal. If the proposal fails to secure majority support, labor and management will have to return to the negotiating table. At stake is disagreement among members of the tech giant's different business divisions, with those in the d

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