Deborah Howington, a talent acquisition director, filed the class-action suit in August. She claims that the HR department created a workplace at TSMC where non-Asian employees

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company was accused by a group of its U.S. employees of concocting a “discriminatory scheme” that favors Taiwanese foreign workers.

TSMC’s announcement that it was building a chip fabrication plant in Arizona was hailed as a major success for the US CHIPS Act – intended to free the US from dependence on China for advanced chip supplies, and to generate jobs for US workers. Apple proudly announced that it would be buying American-made chips for some of its devices.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — More than a dozen current and former employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company have joined a class-action lawsuit against the chips-making giant, claiming the company engages in “anti-American” bias and discriminatory practices favoring Taiwanese workers over those from the U.S.