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Samsung Faces Its First Strike in 88 Years. Google, Apple, and Qualcomm Are Worried.
A 18-day planned walkout over performance bonuses could squeeze the memory supply chain at the worst possible moment for global AI hardware demand.
Samsung Workers Want 15% of the AI Boom. Management Says the Company Can't Afford It.
Samsung's union is threatening an 18-day strike starting May 21, demanding a share of the HBM windfall that helped drive Korea's GDP. The company says paying out would hurt competitiveness. One of them is right.
Samsung's Workers Want 15% of the AI Boom. The Company Says No. An 18-Day Strike Starts May 21.
Samsung's semiconductor division just posted a $32.6 billion first-quarter profit. The unions that made those chips want a share. Management says the timing is wrong. The timing is never going to get better.
Samsung's Semiconductor Boom Is Tearing Its Union Apart
More than 2,500 non-chip workers quit Samsung's majority union in 10 days. The union is planning a strike over chip-division bonuses. Workers who don't make chips say they're being sacrificed for someone else's AI windfall.