In a blow to Samsung Electronics, a court ruled yesterday that the deaths of two employees at Samsung’s semiconductor plant should be considered an industrial accident and that Samsung should compensate their families accordingly. The two workers died of leukemia, and their families filed for industrial accident compensation with Korean Workers’ Compensation and Welfare (KWCW) [...]
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Factory factored into 2 workers’ deaths: Court (Joongang Daily, June 24)
Posted in About Samsung, About the Campaign, In the News, SHARPS on June 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A historical but partial victory of Leukemia victims of Samsung Semiconductor factory – court orders compensation
Posted in About the Campaign, SHARPS on June 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Message to readers from SHARPs: On 23 June, the final decision of the Seoul Administrative court on the lawsuit raised by five blood cancer victims in Samsung semiconductor factories in South Korea was announced. The judge concluded that two cases of leukemia in workers who had been operators in Giheung factory, Hwang Yumi and Lee [...]
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