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Samsung Workers Threaten An 18-Day Strike Against Its Penny-Pinching Ways, Demand $30 Billion In Bonuses

… Samsung is seen as short-handing its workers, and those employees are now pushing back According to the Korea Herald, Samsung's union workers are currently demanding 15 percent of the company's annual operating profit, which amounts to around $30 billion, in bonuses. …

Apr 14, 2026 · Rohail Saleem

Samsung averts strike with $340,000 bonuses for semiconductor workers

Samsung sits at the center of today's computing stack, turning out memory chips used in smartphones, electric vehicles, and the high-performance servers that run large-scale AI models. …

May 27, 2026

Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year

Details have emerged about a tentative deal struck between Samsung and semiconductor employees who had threatened to strike. The deal reportedly makes some workers eligible for average annual bonuses of $340,000. …

May 22, 2026 · Dominic Preston

Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus, demand annual payouts like SK hynix's $900,000 — workers want share of AI windfall, impending 18-day strike could cost Samsung up to $11.7 billion

… The workers argue that even though Samsung is much larger, their bonuses only equate to less than 30% than what SK hynix offers to its people. …

May 7, 2026 · Jowi Morales

Samsung reportedly set to distribute up to $26.6 billion to staff in AI-driven semiconductor bonuses after last-minute union deal — average payouts could approach $400,000 per chip employee

… Jobs at Samsung and SK Hynix were already coveted in South Korea. However, with potential bonuses that can exceed the lifetime earnings of workers in other sectors, competition for roles is sky-high. The bonuses are also reshaping decision-making within the companies themselves. …

May 21, 2026 · Etiido Uko

Samsung workers seeking to block company's $26.6 billion bonus to chip employees

… As a result, Samsung agreed to pay nearly $26.6 billion in bonuses to chip workers, with some employees set to receive as much as $416,000. …

May 26, 2026 · Hamid Ganji

Samsung meeting transcripts show memory workers offered incredible 607% bonus worth $477,000, while logic chip staff get as little as 50% — union says misbalance 'creates a retention crisis the company cannot afford'

Internal Samsung wage negotiation transcripts obtained by Reuters show the company proposed bonuses of 607% of annual salary for its memory chip division in March, while offering workers in its loss-making foundry and System LSI businesses between 50% and 100%. …

May 18, 2026 · Luke James

AI is minting new billionaires, and workers want their share

… Elon Musk trial, campaigners lobbying for better wages for workers gathered with a large banner that said, “Workers demand a piece of the pie.” In his Facebook post, presidential policy chief Kim said that South Korea has a rare opportunity to transform from being a mere provider of AI infrastructu… …

May 22, 2026 · Rina Chandran

Samsung holds desperate final talks with union over 18-day chip factory strike that could cost $20 billion — government-mediated summit seeks to avert industrial action that could hit HBM production

… A recent report that SK hynix workers can expect guaranteed bonuses of $477,000 this year and almost $900,000 next year has also brought worker compensation into sharp focus. …

May 11, 2026 · Luke James

Samsung narrowly avoids 18-day chip strike after last-minute wage deal with 48,000-worker union — tentative deal, subject to workers' vote, suspends billions of dollars worth of potential losses

… Dissatisfaction grew among workers as Samsung’s semiconductor profits surged on AI-driven memory demand, with workers comparing their payouts to those at rival SK Hynix, which has offered more generous bonus structures. …

May 20, 2026 · Etiido Uko

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