In 2020, Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong, then vice chairman of the company, said he would stop suppressing employee attempts to organize unions, as he expressed remorse over his alleged involvement in a massive 2016 corruption scandal that removed the country’s president from office.
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He also said Samsung would stop suppressing employee attempts to organize unions, although labor activists have questioned his sincerity.
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