Samsung Workers Plan to Strike ‘Indefinitely’ in Risk to Global Tech
- Strike comes as Samsung fights to catch up in AI memory
- Thousands rallied outside Samsung’s chip plants this week
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Samsung Electronics Co.’s largest labor union of more than 30,000 workers declared an indefinite strike, a surprise move that raises the risk of production disruptions at the world’s largest memory chipmaker.
The union’s call for a general strike sharply escalates a dispute with South Korea’s biggest company. Thousands of workers rallied earlier this week outside Samsung’s chipmaking complexes south of Seoul to kick start what originally was a three-day walkout demanding better pay.