Micron Taiwan Workers Discuss Possible Strike Over Bonus Policy

Workers at Micron’s facilities in Taoyuan, Taiwan, reportedly met to discuss a possible strike over the company’s bonus policy, as employees question whether current payments fairly reflect the strong demand created by the artificial intelligence boom.

A post on Taiwanese social media platform Dcard claimed that Micron’s local union organised information sessions on July 30 for workers who wanted to understand union activity, strike procedures, and possible future action over bonus payments.

The union reportedly focused on Micron’s policy that limits bonuses to 200 percent of an employee’s monthly salary, with the payment spread across no more than five months. Workers planned to compare that system with bonus policies at other major memory chip companies.

Workers compare Micron policy with Samsung deal

Samsung workers in South Korea recently pushed management to change bonus rules after arguing that employees were not receiving a fair share of profits linked to the AI-driven memory market. Their demands included removing bonus caps, increasing annual salaries, and linking bonuses more closely to operating profit.

Samsung later reached an agreement that gave semiconductor workers 10.5 percent of operating profit as a bonus and removed the previous cap that limited payments to 50 percent of salary. That outcome appears to have influenced discussions among Micron workers in Taiwan.

The Micron union reportedly planned to share research about Korean strikes and discuss possible steps for securing what it described as a fairer distribution of company earnings. However, the meeting itself did not confirm that workers had formally approved a strike.

Micron has benefited from rising demand for memory used in AI servers, which has increased employee pressure for stronger bonuses and clearer profit-sharing policies across the semiconductor industry.