Technology

Executive summary

Unionised Samsung Electronics workers began electronic voting on May 22 on a last‑minute, government‑mediated pay agreement that suspended a planned 18‑day strike and includes large one‑time and profit‑linked bonuses for the chip division, potentially averting disruption to global memory‑chip supply. The deal earmarks a special bonus pool equal to roughly 10.5% of the chip division’s operating profit and may deliver payouts of several hundred thousand dollars to some memory‑unit staff if ratified.