By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Micron Technology’s labour unions in Taiwan representing two-thirds of its workers said they were moving toward a possible strike unless the U.S. memory-chip maker agrees to overhaul its bonus system and adequately share its profits. The two unions representing Micron workers in Taoyuan and Taichung said in a written response to Reuters that they had close to 10,000 members among roughly 15,000 workers…
The conflict over performance bonuses in the semiconductor industry, sparked by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, has spread to Taiwan's Micron. Employees at Micron, which achieved record operating profits, are demanding compensation referencing the cases of Korean companies, while the union continues a sharp confrontation with management, threatening a strike if negotiations fail.
Employees of memory chip maker Micron in Taiwan, which hit record levels on demand for artificial intelligence, are preparing to strike. More than 80 percent of workers in the dispute, which involved about 10,000 workers, supported the strike option.