Kakao wage deal ends labor dispute after first-ever strikes
- Source
- The Korea Herald - Business
- Source link
- https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10834457
- Published
- 2026-08-07 16:37:14
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-07 08:34:30
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- South Korea
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Kakao said Friday it has reached a final wage agreement with its labor union, bringing an end to a dispute that led to the company’s first strikes since its founding. The agreement, approved in a vote by union members, calls for a 6.3 percent increase in the company’s overall salary budget and a special payment of 3 million won ($2,115) to employees. “We will faithfully implement the agreement reached through the negotiations,” a Kakao official said. “We will continue working together to create
Procurement Relevance Gate
- labour_disruption (weight 8) — matched on "labor dispute"
- geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"
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