According to the Central News Agency, a South Korean court sentenced Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Sang-hoon to a one-and-a-half-year prison sentence on December 18 for undermining the legitimate activities of trade unions.
Lee Sang-hoon and about 25 other defendants were charged with sabotaging union activities initiated by outsourced workers at Samsung Electronics Services. Among them, Samsung Electronics Service Company is a public institution responsible for maintenance under Samsung Electronics.
The Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, pointed out that in 2013, when the union activities of Samsung Electronic Services began, the former elite strategy office of Samsung Group managed to adopt a series of strategic measures to hinder the union's operation.
Several of Samsung's executives and employees were implicated in the case to varying degrees, identifying sensitive information about union members in order to persuade them to leave the union, causing the collapse of outsourcing companies with active unions and delaying negotiations between labor and management.
Samsung Electronics said, "Regarding the company's views and understanding of trade union activities in the past, it did not meet social expectations, and we humbly accepted." ”
Park Sang-in, a professor at Seoul National University, described the ruling as a symbol of further reform of South Korea's judicial system. South Korea's past judicial system was said to have been lenient in sentencing convicted business people.
Park sun-young said, "Samsung's new leader Lee Jae-yong must establish standards that are in sync with the world. (Source: China News Network)
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