Samsung workers set to strike at worst possible time

Samsung Electronics workers attended a rally extracurricular the company's semiconductor works successful Pyeongtaek connected April 23rd, up of the planned strike. | Photo by SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images

More than 47,000 Samsung Electronics workers are gearing up for an 18-day onslaught aft bonus outgo negotiations betwixt the institution and its national collapsed. The onslaught is acceptable to commencement connected Thursday, and volition beryllium constricted to Samsung's home chipmaking plants, raising concerns astir the already constrained accumulation of representation chips amid the ongoing shortage.

While the national had agreed to mediation projected by South Korea's National Labor Relations Commission (the details of which person not been made public), absorption astatine Samsung Electronics rejected the woody without explanation, Nikkei Asia reports.

As portion of its demands, the Samsung uni …

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