TSMC, however, has maintained that the incoming Taiwanese workers will not be a threat to US jobs. The pipe cutter said that TSMC and its key contractors were largely to blame for the management problems. After complaining about one safety issue for two straight weeks, he said, he spoke with a company safety representative. And then you go to degown, and they don't have your hanger or somebody took your hanger," the pipe cutter said. He added: "It's not like we're against the Taiwanese workers or anything.

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