New York’s Pension Fund Pressures Micron to Make Union Deal
- Talks with company have been ‘disappointing’ so far, CWA says
- Micron is building as many as four chip factories in New York
Micron is investing as much as $100 billion to build as many as four chipmaking factories in upstate New York.
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New York’s $260 billion pension fund is urging Micron Technology Inc. to adopt a global policy of labor neutrality, which would pave the way for workers at the company’s chip factories to form and join unions.
Micron previously agreed to hold talks with the Communications Workers of America in New York about such an agreement, after the chipmaker won a preliminary award for billions in federal grants and loans from the 2022 Chips and Science Act. But the negotiations have been “disappointing” so far, according to a CWA spokesperson.