Yellow Envelope Act Guidelines Bar Union Veto Over Samsung Fab Decisions
On Sept. 3, South Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labor issued guidelines clarifying that unions cannot veto or force collective bargaining over the decision to build new semiconductor fabs. The ruling focuses on protecting the construction gate for Korea’s ₩800 trillion chip project; Samsung is set to invest about ₩400 trillion in advanced memory plants, with groundbreaking in late 2026 or early 2027.