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South Korea Union Pickets Outside Samsung Chairman's House

Union executives gathered on Thursday outside Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong's house (Credit: AFP)

Leaders of a South Korean union representing tens of thousands of workers at Samsung Electronics staged a protest Thursday outside the house of the company's chairman and heir, after fresh negotiations failed.

Thousands of union members stopped working on July 8 for what was initially meant to be a three-day strike, part of a long-running battle over pay and benefits. The union subsequently extended the work stoppage "indefinitely".

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