Overview
- The union said workers at five Kakao affiliates voted for a strike, which gives it the legal right to take industrial action.
- Ballots covered Kakao Pay, Kakao Enterprise, XL Games and DK Techin, with a fifth affiliate not yet identified by the union.
- A new round of talks at the Gyeonggi Regional Labor Relations Commission is set for May 27 to try to resolve the pay dispute.
- Union leaders said they will announce next steps and are prepared to move toward strikes if the upcoming mediation fails.
- The dispute, which began at Kakao Corp., has spread to subsidiaries as workers seek clear bonus-calculation rules and broader changes to the pay system.