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41,000 Samsung Workers Are About to Strike Over a Bonus Gap That SK Hynix Created
South Korea's semiconductor giant lost $66 billion in market value in hours before Seoul intervened -- and the actual dispute is not about wages, it is about who owns the upside of a chip boom.
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.
UAW Is Threatening to Strike the Plant That Builds Stellantis' Most Profitable Truck.
The fight is about who fixes the machines, not who builds the cars. Skilled trades outsourcing is the knife Stellantis is using to cut labor costs, and the UAW is finally picking it up.
UAW Is Voting to Strike Stellantis. The Real Fight Is About Who Gets to Do Skilled Work in America.
Six thousand workers at Stellantis' Ram plant are voting whether to authorize a strike over outsourced electricians and toolmakers. The vote is a proxy for a larger question the 2023 contract didn't answer.
Harvard's Graduate Workers Are on Strike While Trump Freezes $2.2 Billion in Grants. The University Is Being Squeezed From Both Sides.
4,000 workers walked out demanding higher wages and visa protections for international students. Harvard's administration is simultaneously fighting a federal funding freeze, a tax on its endowment, and threats to its nonprofit status. Everyone is using everyone else as leverage.
Harvard's Grad Workers Are Striking for Wages. They're Also Striking Against ICE.
4,000 graduate workers walked off the job at one of the world's wealthiest universities. The demands mix pay parity with immigration protections in a way Harvard cannot easily split. That's the point.
42,000 UC Workers Are Preparing to Strike. The University's 'Historic' Offer Is Arithmetically Dishonest.
The University of California touted a 32.3 percent wage increase. The actual raise, after accounting for the healthcare premium hike it imposed without bargaining, is negative for many workers.
Greek Workers Are Striking Against a Law That Extends the Work Week. The Government Is Calling It Modernization.
Greece's conservative government is trying to pass labor reforms that allow private-sector employers to set longer hours. Unions are shutting down the country for the second time this month to stop it.
34,000 NYC Building Workers Just Authorized a Strike. The Mayor Cheered.
The contract deadline is April 20. Mayor Mamdani is standing with the union, not between the parties. That changes what a strike would mean.
Three Unions, One Deadline
For the first time in LAUSD history, teachers, support staff, and administrators are all threatening to strike together. The district is negotiating against a unified front it helped create.