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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Samsung Strike Paused Amid Dispute Over AI Chip Bonuses
Caption: Samsung Strike Paused Amid Dispute Over AI Chip Bonuses. Workers at Samsung Electronics have suspended a planned strike after reaching a tentative last-minute pay agreement with the tech giant. The decision eases fears of major disruption at the world’s largest memory chipmaker during booming demand for artificial intelligence technology. The union, which represents nearly 48,000 workers, says industrial action planned for Thursday is now on hold while members vote on the proposed deal later this month. The dispute centres on how profits from soaring AI chip demand should be shared among employees. Samsung had planned to offer much larger bonuses to workers producing advanced memory chips used in AI data centres. But union leaders argued that thousands of staff making less advanced chips for companies including Tesla and NVIDIA were being left behind. Experts warned that a strike could have caused major supply chain disruption across the global tech industry. Samsung remains a key supplier of chips used in smartphones, laptops and AI systems worldwide. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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