Samsung, union make last push to avert strike

Source: Korea Herald

This week's talks seen as last chance to avoid May 21 walkout

Jie Ye-eun

Published : May 11, 2026 - 14:47:02 Updated : May 11, 2026 - 16:08:31

Samsung Electronics and its labor union are making a final push for a deal this week as a planned May 21 strike threatens to disrupt operations at the world’s largest memory chipmaker.

The two sides resumed government-mediated post-mediation talks Monday under the National Labor Relations Commission. As of 3 p.m., no breakthrough had been reached.

The negotiations are viewed as the last meaningful chance to avoid an 18-day walkout that could disrupt Samsung’s semiconductor operations and ripple through global chip supply chains.

Post-mediation is a follow-up procedure that happens after formal mediation ends if both labor and management agree to continue negotiations. Any agreement reached carries the same legal force as a collective bargaining deal.


Members of Samsung Electronics' labor union gather for a rally at the tech giant's Pyeongtaek campus in Gyeonggi Province, April 23. (Yonhap)

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