Micron Workers at Taiwan Plant Vote in Favour of Strike
- On Wednesday, hundreds of workers at a Micron Technology plant in Taoyuan voted to strike after bonus negotiations with the U.S. memory chip giant collapsed.
- The Micron Taiwan Union rejected an offer of up to 68 months of pay, arguing the package is "clearly lagging behind" competitors and demanding a permanent 15% profit-sharing system.
- With 99% of voters in favor, 1,994 employees authorized the strike at the Taoyuan facility, which Micron describes as its "critical hub" for producing AI memory chips.
- Demands follow recent labour disputes at Samsung Electronics in South Korea, where the company averted a strike by agreeing to distribute bonuses equivalent to 10.5% of operating profit.
- The Taichung union, representing around 11,000 workers, confirmed separate negotiations with Micron will continue as scheduled despite the strike action in Taoyuan.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Sook-hee = A strike vote pushed by the local labor union of U.S. semiconductor company Micron Technology in Taiwan, demanding a 15% share of operating profit...
Micron's Taoyuan union in Taiwan secures authorisation to strike
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Micron workers at Taiwan plant vote in favour of strike
Global chip companies, including Micron, have been major beneficiaries of soaring demand for artificial intelligence. But as their earnings skyrocket, many workers are demanding a bigger cut of profits. Micron, which makes around 50-60 percent of its chips in Taiwan, has been locked in talks over remuneration with two labour unions representing nearly 12,000 of 15,000 workers at its Taoyuan and Taichung plants. At the Taoyuan site, "the Micron T…
Workers at a Taiwan factory of US chipmaker Micron have voted to strike, their union said on Wednesday, after talks with the company over bonus reforms failed.
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