SEOUL, July 2 Reuters A workers39; union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea has called a strike for July 810, a union official said on Tuesday, as it steps up industrial action against the country39;s most valuable company.

The union is determining how many workers will join the strike, the official told Reuters by telephone.

Son Woomok, leader of the union, said late on Monday that the union wants a more transparent system for bonuses and time off, and wants the company to treat it as an equal partner.

Samsung declined to comment on the union39;s strike plan.

Its share price was unaffected, rising 0.1 in morning trade versus a 0.7 decline in the benchmark price index.

Union membership increased rapidly after Samsung in 2020 pledged to stop discouraging the growth of organised labour.

The strike itself is unlikely to have a major impact on chip output as most production at the world39;s biggest memory chipmaker is automated, two analysts told Reuters.

But any impact will ultimately depend on how many people that operate chip plants participate and for how long, said senior researcher Kim YangPaeng at the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade.

Chip production cannot proceed with replacement workers if people who operate the automated machines walked out for a long time because of the specificity and expertise of the work, Kim said.

Last month, workers en masse took annual leave on the same day in what was effectively the union39;s first…