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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A labor dispute at Samsung Electronics is sharpening a debate with implications well beyond South Korea: how semiconductor companies balance worker compensation against the capital-intensive investment cycles that determine who leads in chips.The article requires paid subscription.Subscribe Now

Negotiations between the National Samsung Electronics Union, which represents workers in the company’s chipmaking division, and management have seemingly broken down over a single issue.

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Samsung Electronics' labor dispute is widening beyond a fight over bonuses, after board chairman Shin Je-yoon made a rare appeal for management and unionized workers to resolve the standoff through dialogue as a planned strike threatens to disrupt chip production, customer trust, and South Korea's broader economy.

ALBANY — NY Creates and Idaho-based chipmaker Micron Technology have started a 16-month apprenticeship program in the Capital Region.