SEOUL, May 20 (AJP) - Samsung Electronics' largest labor union on Wednesday night suspended its planned full-scale strike, narrowly averting a historic walkout just an hour before it was scheduled to begin.
The dramatic breakthrough came after management and union leadership reached a tentative agreement on the 2026 wage negotiations.
"The general strike scheduled from May 21 to June 7 will be suspended until further notice," the union’s joint strike committee announced in an urgent directive to its members.
The union instructed all members to participate in a mandatory vote to ratify the tentative agreement, which will run from May 22 to May 27.
The late-night resolution caps off a chaotic day of negotiation, following the initial collapse of official government-mediated talks in Sejong earlier in the morning.
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