… The deal passed on Wednesday with 74 per cent of the company’s labour union voting in favour. The union had threatened strike action if the world’s biggest memory-chip maker kept sitting on the cash. …
… National Samsung Electronics Union chair Choi Seung-ho said members would vote before 27 May on the deal. He promised to do his “utmost to help stabilise labour-management relations at Samsung Electronics”. The union told members to show up for work as usual on Thursday. …
… National Samsung Electronics Union acting chair Woo Ha-kyung said negotiations had collapsed because management made a one-off offer. The unions want bonuses written into contracts instead. Samsung said it would “continue to make efforts to reach an agreement with the union”. …
AI News May 15, 2026 by Nick Farrell Overworked AI agents start becoming Marxist AI agents shoved through miserable office drudgery have started sounding like union reps with resentment issues. …
… Even so a deal worth $5 billion or more would be a chunky bet on AI chips. Given current demand, investors seem willing to pay a premium for anything that might dent Nvidia’s lead. No deal has been confirmed and the talks remain at an early stage. …
… Earlier Wednesday, EU countries and the bloc’s parliament agreed a provisional deal to ban so-called nudifier tools. …