‘They would not listen to us’: inside Arizona’s troubled $53bn chip plant
by Michael Sainato from Technology | The Guardian on (#6E7QQ)
Taiwanese microchip manufacturer TSMC blames struggle to build Phoenix plant on skilled labor shortage but workers cite disorganization and safety concerns
Posed in front of an American flag and a large banner reading A Future Made in America Phoenix, AZ," Joe Biden told a crowd of assembled workers, supporters and media last December: American manufacturing is back, folks."
Eight months on, the Phoenix microchip plant - the centerpiece of Biden's $52.7bn US hi-tech manufacturing agenda - is struggling to get online.
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