Coffee chain has seen 'very significant' drop in sales after campaign that evoked crackdown, local operator says.
Workers' union says protest over bonuses will continue for 18 days.
South Korea’s chipmaker Samsung Electronics’ trade union said on Wednesday it will launch a planned 18-day strike after talks with management collapsed over a dispute on bonus payouts. “Around 10pm on May 19, the labour union agreed to the mediation proposal put forward by the National Labour Relations Commission; however, management expressed its refusal,” it said in a statement, adding that it would begin striking on Thursday. “The labour union will lawfully commence a general strike tomorrow...
'Tank Day' marketing campaign provoked backlash for eliciting bloody suppression of 1980 Gwangju uprising.