Dispute is over pay and bonuses not reflecting AI memory profits
Micron workers at the company's Taoyuan facility in Taiwan have been locked in a dispute with management over bonuses and profit-sharing as the AI boom nets record profits for memory chipmakers. © Getty Images
LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG
October 22, 2026 10:28 JST
Updated on October 22, 2026 18:31 JST
TAIPEI -- A Micron Technology labor union staged Taiwan's first-ever strike in the semiconductor industry on Thursday as part of a dispute over how huge windfall profits from the artificial intelligence boom are shared.