“Another Promise” tells the story of Hwang Yu-mi, who died of leukemia after working in a Samsung semiconductor factory in Korea. Approximately 200 workers have alleged that they contracted occupational diseases from working in Samsung. More than 50 have died – almost all of them young women. Supporters for the Health and Rights of People in the Semiconductor industry (SHARPS) has been fighting for more than seven years to end the spate of occupational diseases in Samsung electronics factories. Samsung not only denies responsibility for the spate of deaths among its workers, but fiercely resists workers’ efforts to organise unions.
“Another Promise” tells the story of Hwang Yu-mi, who died of leukemia after working in a Samsung semiconductor factory in Korea. Approximately 200 workers have alleged that they contracted occupational diseases from working in Samsung. More than 50 have died – almost all of them young women. Supporters for the Health and Rights of People in the Semiconductor industry (SHARPS) has been fighting for more than seven years to end the spate of occupational diseases in Samsung electronics factories. Samsung not only denies responsibility for the spate of deaths among its workers, but fiercely resists workers’ efforts to organise unions.
