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TSMC's Arizona plant is delayed over poor management, not a shortage of US skilled labor, workers building it say
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Taiwanese company upset people don't work 16 hour days without breaks and demand living wage. Should be the title of all the articles about this. I'm sure that means they have unrealistic expectations/timelines. How dare these construction workers not act like slave robots.
The sad truth of the matter is the reason we don't have much tech manufacturing in America is it costs more And takes more time. Workers expect better pay, less hours and benefits. Through in that we're more picky about industrial waste and other things that cost these companies money and they're all located where they are for a reason. The government subsidizing the costs for national defense is the only way companies (which are companies and only care about profit margins) are going to produce electronics in the US.
After personally speaking to a Taiwanese engineer working for TSMC in AZ, there is a major cultural difference, it shouldn't be overlooked.
People forget though, Intel is also expanding their plant in Chandler so this project is competiting for workers from within a diminished work force against a huge competitor. Intel doesn't need to be told how to pay and run US based capital projects.
If anything TSMC should be embarrassed they couldn't successfully forecast a huge capital project to completion. That's where the lack of competency and blame should be placed.
Sir, this is the US
These are union workers though. They tend to be a lot closer to being able to afford groceries.
It's almost like all these free trade agreements and such with the developing world were all designed to enrich the oligarchical ruling class. With zero fucks given to anything but cheap labor with higher profit margins. The comparative advantage is just a fun way to explain exploiting maximum profit from a vulnerable economy willing to eat shit with a smile.