--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "0e939dd09a4ed2ca0e049f80ed9ebfcac0e840efd239751e1729c99394effffc" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/0e939dd0?lang=en" title: "Taiwan President Urges Micron to Avert Strike at Primary HBM Hub" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-15T12:39:28.000Z" category: "Chips" topics: ["taiwan","micron","chips"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/tech/taiwan-president-urges-micron-to-avert-strike-at-primary-hbm-hub-6ad045dc","https://x.com/dnystedt/status/2110630702282940556","https://x.com/Reuters/status/2110641929163624612","https://huggingnews.com/tech/taiwan-president-urges-micron-to-avert-strike-at-primary-hbm-hub-6ad045dc"] summary: "Taiwan President William Lai urged Micron management and labor unions to negotiate sincerely to avoid a strike at the company's primary HBM chip production hub in central Taiwan. A labor union claims it has sufficient votes to initiate a walkout amid global memory chip shortages. Micron employs 15,000 people in Taiwan, where it has invested $45 billion over 30 years, and recently opened a new packaging plant that was constructed in slightly over one year." --- # Taiwan President Urges Micron to Avert Strike at Primary HBM Hub > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-15T12:39:28.000Z **Category:** Chips **Topics:** taiwan, micron, chips ## Summary Taiwan President William Lai urged Micron management and labor unions to negotiate sincerely to avoid a strike at the company's primary HBM chip production hub in central Taiwan\. A labor union claims it has sufficient votes to initiate a walkout amid global memory chip shortages\. Micron employs 15,000 people in Taiwan, where it has invested $45 billion over 30 years, and recently opened a new packaging plant that was constructed in slightly over one year\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]()