Workers describe abusive treatment in Taiwan’s semiconductor factories
....Workers describe overnight shifts of up to 16 hours, verbal abuse, and threats of deportation as they produce the high-end chips that end up in iPhones, Teslas, and data centers....
…Fresh off the plane in Taipei, the worker...was lined up with other workers, herded into a van, and delivered to a dormitory where she shared a small room with three others. Two days later, she was doing 12-hour overnight shifts processing chip components used by Apple, Nvidia, and others. She struggled to keep up.
She was bullied for months and forced to resign after she complained, she told Rest of World...
Jenny is one of the record number of Filipino workers helping power Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, which is booming on the back of global demand for advanced chips used in AI data centers, smartphones, computers, and other products…
While companies in Taiwan woo and welcome Filipino workers, more than 10 recent arrivals told Rest of World they struggled with overwork and discrimination…
…Taiwan could hire more than 20,000 Filipino workers for the sector this year alone…
The migrant chip workers said they have to work longer hours for less pay than their local counterparts, and perform more difficult and riskier work…
Another Filipino factory worker, from Cavite, complained about his job where he tests multimillion-dollar servers used by Elon Musk’s AI company xAI…
ASE Technology Holding — one of the companies that workers complained about — says in its corporate social responsibility report that foreign employees are given the same benefits as locals….
A spokesperson from [ASE Technology Holding] … told Rest of World it investigates complaints of bullying…
Super Micro Computer, another company that workers mentioned, said it complies with local and international labor laws …