Samsung's chip output drops 18% overnight as workers protest over pay, union says

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics' ‌production of foundry and memory chips at its facilities in ​South Korea dropped 58% ​and 18%, respectively, during the ⁠overnight shift on Thursday ​as unionised workers attended a protest ​demanding higher wages, the company's union said.

Many workers, who joined the protest ​on Thursday at a ​factory complex in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, ‌skipped ⁠the overnight shift from 10 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday at the ​company's South ​Korean ⁠production facilities after the protest, according to ​the union.

Samsung's factories are ​scheduled ⁠to operate 24 hours a day on three shifts, ⁠the ​union said.

Samsung ​declined to comment.