Choi Seung-ho, a leader of the Samsung Electronics labor union, leaves after attending the government-led mediation talks with management at the National Labor Relations Commission office in Sejong, South Korea, Wednesday, May 20, 2026 (Yonhap via AP)

Samsung faces strike after pay talks with union fall apart

by The Associated Press May 20, 2026

written by The Associated Press May 20, 2026

By Kim Tong-hyung And Hyung-jin Kim SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Management and union leaders at Samsung Electronics failed to reach a last-minute deal over wages Wednesday, raising prospects for a strike at the South Korean electronics giant that could rattle global semiconductor supplies an...

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