Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and its labor union have reached a preliminary agreement following negotiations that concluded late on the 20th. The union has announced that the strike originally scheduled to begin on the 21st will be postponed. The union's members will now vote on the tentative agreement, and future actions will depend on the outcome of this vote.
The two parties had engaged in multiple rounds of negotiations concerning wages for 2026 but had previously failed to resolve their differences completely.
As a major global manufacturer of memory chips, any labor strike at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. could have exacerbated the already tight global semiconductor supply. This situation is partly driven by increased demand from the ongoing construction of artificial intelligence data centers worldwide. Potential impacts could have extended to various industries, including automotive, computers, and smartphones.
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