Samsung Workers Begin Three-Day General Strike Over Pay

On Monday, workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung began a three-day general strike over pay and benefits, the head of a union representing tens of thousands of employees told AFP, warning the action could impact memory chip production. Samsung Electronics is the world’s largest memory chip maker and accounts for a significant chunk of the global output of high-end chips. Wearing rain jackets and ribbons saying “fight with solidarity”, thousands of workers gathered outside the company’s foundry and semiconductor factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, an hour south of Seoul. Samsung…

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