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Samsung holds desperate final talks with union over 18-day chip factory strike that could cost $20 billion — government-mediated summit seeks to avert industrial action that could hit HBM production
Samsung union strike threatens $20B in losses, imperils HBM production globally.

“The two sides are meeting through South Korea's National Labor Relations Commission after earlier rounds of mediation in February and March collapsed.”
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