Press Releases and Statements
CCU Press Release: Labor and community groups call on TSMC to protect workers and the environment
“Companies that get American taxpayer dollars to build vehicles should have to maintain American auto worker standards,” said Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers.
April 8, 2024
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December 11, 2024
CHIPS Act Contract with Micron Doesn’t Specify Job Creation, Wages, or Job Quality
The public announcement does not include transparent enforceable commitments to ensure that public funds create good jobs. The CHIPS and Science Act was passed to create reliable, family-sustaining manufacturing jobs. But the contract with Micron does not commit the company to job creation, workers’ right to organize, or wage and benefit standards.
December 5, 2024
CHIPS Act Contract with Intel Should Have Stricter Standards
Members of CHIPS Communities United responded to the contract between the CHIPS Program Office and Intel Corp. for four facilities in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon. The coalition applauded the improved transparency from the Commerce Dept. (compared to the first CHIPS Act contract to be announced) but raised concerns about the lack of firm, transparent job creation and job quality commitments, supposedly a central goal of the CHIPS and Science Act. This absence is particularly troubling given Intel’s highly publicized financial woes and massive layoffs.
November 18, 2024
Community and Labor Groups React to CHIPS Act Contract with TSMC
Members of CHIPS Communities United responded to the contract between the CHIPS Program Office and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company for its facility in Phoenix, Arizona. The coalition raised concerns about the lack of transparency in job creation and job quality, supposedly a central goal of the CHIPS and Science Act.