Micron Technology has a memory manufacturing operation in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Micron Technology has a memory chip manufacturing operation in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The Taoyuan union obtained a strike authorization in October 2026, demanding that the company establish a more transparent and long-term profit-sharing system; as of October 7, the union had not yet announced an actual strike date.

Taipei — The union at US memory chipmaker Micron Technology’s Taoyuan operations has secured authorization to strike, as differences between labor and management over employee bonuses and a long-term profit-sharing system continue to draw attention. The union has not announced a strike date and said it is still evaluating its next steps.

According to Reuters, the union said 99% of the 1,994 members who took part in the vote supported a strike. Focus Taiwan, the English-language news service of the Central News Agency, also reported that 1,994 of the 2,258 eligible union members voted in favor, representing 88.3% of all eligible members.

The dispute centers mainly on the company’s bonus system. The union says the current arrangements do not adequately reflect employees’ contributions to the company’s operating results and is calling for a transparent, long-term and institutionalized profit-sharing mechanism.

One proposal put forward by the union would allocate 15% of Micron’s operating profit to employees. The union has also criticized the company for announcing a bonus plan before labor-management negotiations had reached consensus, arguing that one-off bonuses cannot replace a long-term, predictable profit-sharing system.

Micron previously announced its employee bonus arrangements for fiscal 2026. The union said the measures still failed to adequately address its call for systemic reform, prompting it to seek strike authorization to strengthen its position in future negotiations.

Micron said it respects employees’ lawful exercise of their rights and takes their concerns seriously. The company said it would continue negotiating with the union through existing communication and mediation channels in an effort to reach a mutually acceptable solution. Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor said it respected the union’s vote and urged the company to put forward concrete and workable proposals for negotiations.

The Taoyuan union also plans to hold a rally in Taipei on Oct. 19, an event separate from an actual strike. As of Oct. 7, the union had not set a strike date, with its next moves dependent on the progress of labor-management negotiations.

Micron operates major memory manufacturing facilities in Taiwan. As demand for artificial intelligence servers and data centers grows, products including dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) have attracted market attention. If the labor dispute further affects production, it could heighten concerns about memory supplies, although there is currently no basis for concluding that the supply chain has already been disrupted.

The dispute highlights how, as demand from the AI industry and corporate profits come under scrutiny, the sharing of corporate growth with employees has also become a key issue in labor relations across the semiconductor industry.