Wednesday, 20 May, 2026
Back to the Table: Samsung and Union Race Against Time
By TechShots Studio
Last-minute talks between Samsung and its largest labor union have failed, putting 45,000 workers on track to launch an 18-day strike. Driven by the AI chip boom, employees are demanding higher performance bonuses and profit-sharing. The South Korean government has threatened to intervene with emergency measures, warning that a production halt could cause up to 100 trillion won in economic damage and severely fracture global technology supply chains.
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