Samsung memory workers call off strike and may score six-figure bonuses

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ASIA IN BRIEF Workers at Samsung Electronics may score bonuses of well over $100,000 after calling off a planned strike.

Samsung’s profits recently shot into the stratosphere along with the price of memory and solid-state storage. Staff threatened to strike if the company did not share some of the largesse.

Last-minute talks saw the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) agree not to strike, after Samsung agreed to create a fund that will share profits with workers. A Bloomberg report suggests some workers could be in line for payments of $340,000 under the scheme.

The Union is now running a vote on whether to approve the plan.

Workers appear to have mixed feelings about the plan, as on Sunday the Union published a postin which it tries to justify the settlement as...

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