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A worker has died after being caught in an explosion at the Arizona site where iPhone processor manufacturer TSMC is building a new plant -- and has previously been accused of using dangerous construction methods.
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're the best in the world." His remarks
As local unions and Taiwanese semiconductor giant negotiate elusive labour deal, some wonder who will benefit in US push for manufacturing primacy.
TSMC blamed Arizona workers for delaying the construction of its Phoenix chip plant. But those union workers say the real issue is bad management.
TSMC wants to bring in foreign reinforcements to get its Arizona factory running because it claims there aren't enough qualified local workers.