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Samsung Electronics' labour union plans to embark on a massive 18-day strike on Thursday after bonus payment talks with management collapsed and attention is now focused on whether the government will issue an ‌emergency arbitration order. Some 48,000 people plan to walk off the job with significant consequences for the South Korean economy and the ‌supply of memory chips globally, and the government flagged at the weekend that such an order is possible. A South Korean government official said on Wednesday that talk of emergency arbitration is premature and that there was still time for dialogue.

The South Korean chip maker said it couldn’t accept the union’s demands, including compensation even for unprofitable business units.

The labour union at South Korean chip giant Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it would launch a planned strike after talks over bonus payouts collapsed.- AI boom - Samsung is a major producer of chips used in everything from artificial intelligence to consumer electronics, raising the prospect that the planned strike could cause severe disruption and losses.

Samsung Electronics' management and its labour union resumed talks on Wednesday with only one day ‌to go before a planned major strike that threatens the health of South Korea's ‌economy and could disrupt the global supply of semiconductors. Park said he had proposed a compromise plan, which is being reviewed by Samsung. Should management accept ⁠the proposal, it will be put to a vote by Samsung's union members as early as Wednesday.

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Nearly 48,000 workers are threatening an 18-day walkout amid fears of global memory chip shortages

Nearly 48,000 workers are threatening an 18-day walkout amid fears of global memory chip shortages

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South Korean memory chip maker Samsung Electronics is facing its worst-ever strike, with nearly 48,000 workers threatening to walk off production lines on Thursday for 18 days over a dispute about bonus payouts. Samsung's union has asked the company to abolish a cap that limits bonuses to 50% of annual salaries and to ‌allocate 15% of annual operating profit to a bonus pool that would be distributed to workers. It also wants Samsung to make the changes binding beyond this year.

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By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, May 19 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics and its South Korean labour union began another round of government-mediated talks on Tuesday to break an impasse in negotiations over pay

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Samsung Electronics and its South Korean labour union began another round of talks on Tuesday to break an impasse in bonus negotiations, ‌after dialogue on Monday did not produce an agreement. The two sides are under mounting pressure ‌to avert an imminent strike that threatens to hurt the Korean economy and chip production, but remained far apart during the ​government-mediated pay talks on Monday. Media reports said on Tuesday, citing the chairman of the National Labor Relations Commission that Samsung and the labour ‌union are narrowing some differences.

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Nvidia earnings report is expected to be the main event for tech investors this week.

Nvidia earnings report is expected to be the main event for tech investors this week.

Nvidia earnings report is expected to be the main event for tech investors this week.

Nvidia earnings report is expected to be the main event for tech investors this week.

Samsung Electronics and its labour union plan to hold more talks on Tuesday in a bid to avert the biggest strike in the tech giant's history, amid concern that a walkout by more than 45,000 ‌workers could hit South Korea's economy and disrupt global supply chains. The threatened 18-day strike starting on Thursday comes amid an acute global shortage in ‌memory chips, which are essential components in AI data centres, smartphones and laptops. The shortage has fueled soaring profits at Samsung and its peers in recent months.

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