By Kim Yoo-chul
Samsung General Labor Union (SGLU), a legally established union within Samsung Group, urged a local advocacy group Friday to join talks on compensation of former employees who've developed leukemia and other incurable diseases.
"We urge Banolim to join the settlement talks to resolve the leukemia-related issues," the SGLU said in a statement, Friday.
This was in response to Banolim's press conference Oct. 15 that demanded Samsung scrap its moves to establish a mediation body for compensation settlements.
Banolim claims it is the authorized partner of the dispute.
The leukemia talks had initially started with eight families of former Samsung workers who developed leukemia and other diseases while working at the company's manufacturing plants months earlier.
But the talks were separated into the two as six agreed with Samsung to determine compensation via an independent three-member arbitration body headed by former Supreme Court justice Kim Ji-hyung.
The advocacy group Banolim refused to join the mediation.
"Banolim should acknowledge why the six families left and why the departed six asked Samsung to have direct discussions on compensation settlements," said the SGLU statement.
The statement continued, "We want Banolim members to read newspapers about the issue." Earlier, Samsung Electronics chief negotiator for the talks Baek Soo-hyun said the company was still waiting for Banolim to talk with the committee.
Banolim has demanded that Samsung disclose the list of chemicals being used at its manufacturing plants, a condition the company has refused to accept.
Meanwhile, the three-member arbitration body will produce guidelines on compensation, and measures to improve the working conditions at Samsung plants.
Samsung General Labor Union (SGLU), a legally established union within Samsung Group, urged a local advocacy group Friday to join talks on compensation of former employees who've developed leukemia and other incurable diseases.
"We urge Banolim to join the settlement talks to resolve the leukemia-related issues," the SGLU said in a statement, Friday.
This was in response to Banolim's press conference Oct. 15 that demanded Samsung scrap its moves to establish a mediation body for compensation settlements.
Banolim claims it is the authorized partner of the dispute.
The leukemia talks had initially started with eight families of former Samsung workers who developed leukemia and other diseases while working at the company's manufacturing plants months earlier.
But the talks were separated into the two as six agreed with Samsung to determine compensation via an independent three-member arbitration body headed by former Supreme Court justice Kim Ji-hyung.
The advocacy group Banolim refused to join the mediation.
"Banolim should acknowledge why the six families left and why the departed six asked Samsung to have direct discussions on compensation settlements," said the SGLU statement.
The statement continued, "We want Banolim members to read newspapers about the issue." Earlier, Samsung Electronics chief negotiator for the talks Baek Soo-hyun said the company was still waiting for Banolim to talk with the committee.
Banolim has demanded that Samsung disclose the list of chemicals being used at its manufacturing plants, a condition the company has refused to accept.
Meanwhile, the three-member arbitration body will produce guidelines on compensation, and measures to improve the working conditions at Samsung plants.
