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South Korea workers at Samsung announce indefinite strike action
Members of the National Samsung Electronics Union shout slogans during a rally outside of Samsung Electronics' Hwaseong campus in Hwaseong, South Korea, July 8, 2024

WORKERS at Samsung Electronics in South Korea declared an indefinite strike today to pressure the country’s biggest company to accept their calls for higher pay and other benefits.

Thousands of members of the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) launched a temporary, three-day strike on Monday.

But the union said today that it was announcing an indefinite strike, accusing the management of being unwilling to negotiate.

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