Good! Fight for your rights! Fuck AI!

Good for them. If we're going to live through all the stupid of an AI bubble, it's good to see some of the insane profits making their way to the people who actually build the part and not just management and shareholders.

Anything that fucks over big tech at this point is welcome.

WTF... Are the numbers in this article accurate?

"Based on 2026 profit forecasts, that translates to average payouts of $460,000 - $477,000 per worker this year across SK Hynix’s 35,000 staff, with projections approaching $900,000 per person next year."

So either the execs are getting billion dollar bonuses or everyone at SK Hynix will just be fucking loaded 😄

People in general seem to have a hard time grasping the notion of just how much power we all have collectively. It is why so much time and marketing goes into promoting the idea of "the individual" being the most important thing in my opinion. The more people only consider themselves the less power they have to get what they want and need.

throw it, the wrench

Do it.

nike.png

palpatine.gif

shialabeuf.mp4

AI bubble

That’s why it’ll be a shock to the system when on May 21, nearly 45,000 of Samsung’s unionized workers plan to walk off the job for 18 days. If that happens, it will be the largest work stoppage in the history of the semiconductor industry, at the single most important chokepoint in the AI supply chain.

Suck it, AI companies. I use an agent to help me code projects and it's genuinely useful. But these companies are leaches and they deserve a good kick in the balls. See price hikes due to shortages because of their build-outs. I'm very fortunate that I am not in need of any hardware (at the moment! hope nothing fails!), but I'm still very mad about how it's affecting people.

…

Last September, SK Hynix settled with its own union to allocate 10% of annual operating profit directly to employees as performance bonuses for the next decade, while removing caps on bonuses. Based on 2026 profit forecasts, that translates to average payouts of $460,000-$477,000 per worker this year across SK Hynix’s 35,000 staff, with projections approaching $900,000 per person next year. This is nothing new for SK Hynix: it already paid profit-sharing bonuses averaging about $95,000 per employee this past February.

Holy shit. The next time someone tries to tell you unions are bad, point them to this.

Side note: I'm literally trying to figure out and schedule time off before it expires that was won for me by my union. I didn't know about it and it's per-pay period so I got an automated email telling me to use it or lose it. What a great problem to have.

Classic Fortune, sowing the seeds of blaming labor for every problem. Though, they should be careful because these Hynix/Samsung stories are showing the world how much the parasite class cheats workers. You suppose Micron workers who thought they had a good deal making high five-figures are looking at these bonuses and suddenly developing class consciousness?

Everyone likes this.

Finally some good news.

Good

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

This could lead to more affordable ram long term. I'm all for it.

The LIRR workers were without a contract for like 3 years ? they went on strike for 3 days and got their contract...

This is what happens when you let your entire industry depend on a handful of manufacturers.