Micron union in Taiwan to launch strike as bonus dispute escalates

By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, Oct 20 (Reuters) A union representing Micron Technology workers in Taoyuan, Taiwan, said it would launch a strike on Thursday to coincide ​with a mediation meeting between the US chipmaker ‌and another collective representing workers at its Taichung operations, escalating a dispute over employee bonuses. The strike raises the stakes in a labour dispute at one of Micron s most important manufacturing hubs, ‌where ​it produces DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) ⁠chips, key components in ⁠AI servers. The Taoyuan union said the strike was intended to show solidarity with the Taichung union and to increase pressure on Micron to put forward a concrete ​profit-sharing proposal. Micron employs about 15,000 people in Taiwan, with separate unions representing workers at its Taoyuan and ⁠Taichung operations. The company has ⁠said it has invested more than T$1.6 ​trillion ($49 billion) on the island. Mediation between Micron and the Taoyuan ​union ended without an agreem