Samsung has a tentative deal with workers to avoid a memory chip strike

What happened

According to The Verge’s source item, Samsung has a tentative deal with workers to avoid a memory chip strike, More than 47,000 Samsung Electronics workers were gearing up for an 18-day strike after bonus payment negotiations between the company and its union collapsed. The strike was set to start on Thursday at Samsung’s domestic chipmaking plants, raising concerns around the already constrained production of memory chips amid the ongoing shortage. Later on Wednesday, both […] Samsung Electronics workers attended a rally outside the company’s semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek on April 23rd, ahead of the planned strike. | Photo by SeongJoon Cho/ Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 47,000 Samsung Electronics workers were gearing up for an 18-day strike after bonus payment negotiations between the company and its union collapsed. The strike was set to start on Thursday at Samsung’s domestic chipmaking plants, raising concerns around the already constrained production of memory chips amid the

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