Major gaming firms in Korea have been embroiled in intensifying disputes with their unionized workers, who protest management attempts to cut labor costs amid worsening profits, according to industry officials, Sunday.
The labor union of Neople, a Nexon subsidiary that developed Dungeon & Fighter, threatened on Tuesday to take industrial action, as the wage talks ended in failure. If labor and management fail to reach an agreement after arbitration by the Jeju Regional Labor Relations Commission, the union can win the legal right to go on strike after a vote by its members.
“Despite Neople’s handsome profits, the company offered a wage growth rate similar to those of other affiliates without offering any 카지노 incentives,” the union said in a statement. “Between 2019 and 2013, Neople’s operating profit reached 3.8 trillion won ($2.7 billion), which is larger than 70 percent of the total operating profit of Nexon Group affiliates.”
Company management refuted the claims, saying that the union has demanded a 9.24 percent wage increase despite an 11 percent drop in the company’s annual operating profit.
“The wage growth rates have not differed between Nexon’s affiliates, as they have jointly developed games and provided services to users,” a Neople official said.