South Korean Government Intervenes as Samsung Electronics Faces Imminent Major Strike; Labor Talks Resume

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Unhappy with wage and bonus schemes, the union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea has threatened a strike by nearly 50,000 employees starting on the 21st. To avert a crisis at the tech giant, which accounts for nearly a quarter of South Korea's exports, the government has stepped in to mediate, with labor and management resuming negotiations on the 18th. The strike threatens to paralyze the production of memory chips, critical for AI data centers, with major customers like Nvidia expressing strong concerns.