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TSMC's labor practices draw serious concern in Arizona — the company's new chip plant allegedly plagued by worker abuses
TSMC not a hit with American hires
TSMC, the world's leader in advanced chipmaking, has been a major recipient of the Biden administration's CHIPS Act, receiving billions of dollars from the US government in exchange for bringing semiconductor production to the United States. 12-hour workdays that extend into the weekends are common, as is harsh treatment from managers who were expected to call workers out-of-hours and reportedly threaten firing as punishment for relatively minor failures. American engineers were brought to Taiwan back in 2021 to be trained in TSMC chip production for when the two new expansion plants in Arizona (originally set to be opened in 2024 and 2026) would begin operation.
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