Samsung's top union loses majority status after chip-heavy bonus deal

Samsung Electronics' largest labor union has lost its majority status just two months after winning legal recognition, as workers in the company's non-chip division quit to protest a wage deal that favored semiconductor employees.

The Samsung Electronics branch of the Samsung Group Employees' Union had 58,270 members as of 3 p.m. on Thursday, according to the union.

That is down by nearly 18,000 from more than 76,000 at the end of April, when it held a rally to vote on a strike.

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