Samsung workers set for $400,000 bonus after deal to share AI profits

Agreement with unions ends wrangling over how to share spoils of boom at memory-chip maker

Samsung avoids strike as workers approve massive bonus deal

Amid booming demand for AI chips, the government-backed deal will make more than 60% of the South Korean tech giant's workforce eligible for bonuses of about $370,000 this year.

Samsung’s unionised workers in South Korea approve pay deal - The Straits Times

Samsung’s unionised workers in South Korea approve pay deal  The Straits Times

Samsung's strike-averting wage deal passes union vote

Samsung Electronics’ tentative 2026 wage and bonus agreement passed a union vote Wednesday, a week after labor and management reached a last-minute deal that narrowly averted a planned strike. The agreement won support from 73.7 percent of the 62,616 union members who cast ballots, according to the unions. Turnout reached 95.5 percent of the 65,593 eligible voters. Samsung Electronics and its unions reached the tentative agreement on May 20, just before a planned walkout was set to begin. Under

By The Korea Herald

Samsung workers approve pay deal, shares surge

The government-mediated agreement, which comes after a bitter five-month dispute, leads to wide relief across South Korea as Samsung accounts for roughly a quarter of the country's exports

By Reuters