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Taiwan chip industry's lucky snack faces strike-driven production halt
Original: Taiwan's chip talisman snack faces production halt after 94% strike vote — snacks are seen as a good luck charm in the computing industry, but workers demand share of $176 million factory sale to ASE
Workers at the Taiwanese factory producing a snack widely used as a good-luck charm in the chip industry have voted 94% in favor of a strike, threatening production. The dispute centers on employees demanding a share of a $176 million factory sale to ASE. A halt would disrupt supply of a product that has become symbolic in semiconductor workplaces.
Why now: A 94% strike vote and a $176 million factory sale put a culturally iconic product's production at risk.
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