The Bad PlaceBBC News | Samsung strike on hold as workers push for AI bonus
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Samsung’s largest union has halted a planned strike after reaching a tentative pay agreement with the South Korean tech giant, easing fears of disruption at the world’s biggest memory‑chip maker amid a surge in AI data‑centre demand. The dispute centered on how to share soaring profits: Samsung offered bonuses of up to 607 % of annual salary for memory‑chip workers, far higher than the 50‑100 % proposed for staff in other divisions, prompting the union—representing about 48,000 employees—to demand a removal of the 50 % bonus cap and a share of 15 % of operating profit for all workers. Samsung’s operating profit jumped roughly 750 % in the March quarter, and its shares rose more than 8 % after the deal, while both the company and the union warned that a strike could have multi‑trillion‑won repercussions for the global chip supply chain and South Korea’s economy.
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