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TSMC and Arizona workers are again at odds over the chipmaker's Phoenix plant. Unions say the company has been slow to address safety concerns.

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It was last December when US President Joe Biden stood at a groundbreaking ceremony for a chip fabrication facility being built in Phoenix, Arizona, by the world's largest chip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, and described American union workers as "the single greatest technicians in the world". "American manufacturing is back", Biden declared. "The reason why business should be hiring union folks, if you don't mind my saying, is simple: They&#x27...

As local unions and Taiwanese semiconductor giant negotiate elusive labour deal, some wonder who will benefit in US push for manufacturing primacy.

Unions object to plans by TSMC to bring workers from Taiwan to speed up work on new facilities