Samsung Electronics workers announce ‘indefinite’ strike

Unionised workers at Samsung Electronics have declared an indefinite strike to pressurise South Korea’s biggest company into accepting their calls for higher pay and other benefits (Lee Jin-man/AP)

Unionised workers at Samsung Electronics have declared an indefinite strike to pressurise South Korea’s biggest company into accepting their calls for higher pay and other benefits.

Thousands of members of the National Samsung Electronics Union launched a temporary, three-day strike on Monday, but the union said on Wednesday that it was announcing an indefinite strike, accusing the management of being unwilling to negotiate.