Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year

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• Details have emerged about a tentative deal struck between Samsung and semiconductor employees who had threatened to strike.
• The deal reportedly makes some workers eligible for average annual bonuses of $340,000. The proposed 18-day strike had hinged on Samsung’s bonus cap for employees in the semiconductor division and followed a substantial rise in the possible bonuses available to employees of SK Hynix, another South Korean chipmaker enjoying a boom thanks to demand for AI components.