A feud is heating up between Arizona workers and the world's leading chipmaker after the company claimed the US doesn't have the skills to build its new factory
A feud is heating up between Arizona workers and the world's leading chipmaker after the company claimed the US doesn't have the skills to build its new factory
TSMC wants to bring in foreign reinforcements to get its Arizona factory running because it claims there aren't enough qualified local workers.
TSMC says the opening of its Arizona chip factory has been delayed due to a shortage of skilled workers. The company says it needs to bring Taiwanese workers to Arizona to get construction back on track. An Arizona union says US jobs are being threatened — and is urging lawmakers to deny the workers' visas.
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Linus O'Tech Tips said TMC wanted to bring over Taiwanese work culture, i.e., wageslave 24/7 until you die for low pay but Americans balk at such demands. That's what is meant by shortage of "skilled" workers.
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Shortage of workers that will do 16 hour days with minimal breaks for third world pay is likely what they mean... The US is going to have to throw money at this to keep it on track because TSMC is going to have to pay a livable wage to support staff and construction workers. Which they aren't used to.
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I assumed that's exactly why businesses were going to AZ and TX. "Business friendly" means tax credits, tax breaks, and enthusiastically anti-union/anti-labor government.
For me, it was the only explanation for why you'd make such a long term investment in a place that's being threatened by climate change on multiple angles (water, extreme heat).
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It is just the usual shortage of skilled exploitable workers. Nothing new.
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tldr; TSCM wants low-paid slaves & US Engineers have 1000x more options.
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It's never a worker shortage. Pay well, and the workers will come. TSMC (as all big corps) are just greedy cheapskates.
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The US easily has the skills to build a factory like this... OPERATING IT once it's built? That's a different deal...
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There aren't enough Americans qualified to work in a new chip manufacturing plant.
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