Micron Union in Taiwan Plans Thursday Strike Over Profit-Sharing and Bonuses

A labor union representing Micron Technology workers in Taoyuan, Taiwan, announced on Monday that it will launch a strike on Thursday as a dispute over employee bonuses and profit-sharing escalates. The Taoyuan walkout is timed to show solidarity with a separate union representing workers at Micron's larger Taichung operations during its Thursday mediation meeting with the US chipmaker. Taiwan serves as one of Micron's primary manufacturing hubs for DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used in AI servers, where the company employs about 15,000 people and states it has invested more than T$1.6T ($49B). Mediation between Micron and the Taoyuan union ended without an agreement in September before members authorized a strike in early October, while the Taichung union remains in negotiations and has not yet held a strike vote. "Through our actions, we will make our dissatisfaction with the current system heard and demonstrate our determination to establish a fair profit-sharing system." — Micron Taoyuan Union