TSMC wants to bring in about 500 Taiwanese construction workers to speed up construction of the plant. Everyone lacks work experience, and this is saving to slow down construction.
American unions are dissatisfied and the Taiwanese experience ban on visas is widespread.
Parallel to this, Taiwan’s soon-to-be-taiwan YouTube news channel with 3 million subscribers released a video titled “Can a photo ruin TSMC?”. In the video of an American worker who is sitting on the ground with a phone in his hands.
The picture was taken at a TSMC construction site. The worker is implied to be lounging at work, although there is no photo sanity check.
At the same time, a group of electricians in the United States posted on Facebook* a post with screenshots from a Taiwanese forum that insults American workers. One of the electricians said he worked on a TSMC construction site but quit due to “chaotic and unsafe” conditions.
TSMC plant under construction in Arizona. it is expected to slow down in 2024, but the opening will be pushed back to 2025. TSMC’s main US customer will be Apple. [9to5Mac]
*banned in Russia, Meta, which is recognized as extremist by the Russian Federation
Source: Iphones RU
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