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US chip factory workers say it’s a ‘struggle to survive’ on their wages as industry booms
Dozens of employees at Analog Devices Inc (ADI), a chipmaker in Oregon, are demanding living wages, paid shutdowns, and safe working conditions as the firm vies for a slice of the $39bn in federal funds provided by the Chips and Science Act. Workers at ADI’s Beaverton plant described a “real struggle to survive” on their salaries while the industry booms.
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