Nearly 48,000 Samsung workers may strike after bonus talks failed, threatening chip supply and the economy.

Samsung Electronics and its South Korean labour union will resume government-mediated pay talks on Monday in an effort to avoid a strike planned for Thursday. The talks come after…

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While crisis has put South Korea on edge, government threatened to order arbitration

Samsung Electronics management and its labour union resumed negotiations on Wednesday ahead of a threatened 18-day strike by nearly 48,000 workers starting Thursday.

Planned action comes amid painful supply crunch in memory chips