Support for a strike at Micron Taiwan over bonus pay hit 80% in a preliminary survey, as the US memory giant faces trouble similar to Samsung in May, when a last-minute deal averted a strike, media report. Taiwan labor unions are pushing to replace the current bonus system with a profit-sharing scheme amid the AI-driven memory chip boom.
Unions say peers offer far higher profit-based bonuses, with Samsung paying out 10.5% of profits and SK Hynix 10%. Formal mediation talks are expected to begin by mid-September at the latest, a mandatory requirement before an official strike vote can be held under Taiwan law. (Note: Taiwan accounts for roughly 60% of Micron’s global production capacity, and anchors the bulk of advanced HBM output) $MU $SKHY $SSNLF #Samsung #semiconductors https://t.co/fP5CQis6tE