Deal struck just hours before planned action

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SEOUL — Samsung Electronics and its labor union started talks on Monday in a last-ditch bid to avert the biggest strike in the tech giant's history, amid concerns that a walkout…

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.

Samsung faces an 18-day strike after failed wage negotiations, threatening global semiconductor supply and the South Korean economy.

Union to put tentative pay agreement struck with management to a vote