Record profits, angry employees: Samsung workers stage protest demanding higher bonuses

Thousands of Samsung Electronics workers protested on Thursday at its chip complex in South Korea, demanding higher bonuses and threatening to strike as the company sees record profits due to artificial intelligence driving up memory chip demand, Euronews writes.

Holding signs and waving banners, the workers gathered at a factory compound in Pyeongtaek, amid a heavy police presence, shouting “make compensation transparent and remove maximum limits on bonuses!”

Union representatives put attendance at around 40,000 members, though police did not state an official count.