CHIPS Communites United

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In Peoria, AZ, neighbors packed the city council meeting to demand transparency and accountability from Amkor.

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In #NewAlbany #OH and #RioRancho #NM, local residents are installing #airmonitors so they can document the impact of industrial operations on the community's #air quality. #Intel #LickingCounty

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In #Chandler #AZ, local organizations asked the city council to stop #Intel from poisoning our water. #PFAS

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In #Syracuse NY, residents packed a town hall meeting to call on #Micron to create good jobs.

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The #CHIPSAct led to a boom in new #semiconductor factories, but it didn’t provide the protection neighbors and workers were hoping for. Fortunately, local #CHIPScommunities are taking action to protect their families and neighborhoods. Check them out!

Image of components of chips and the USA flag folded on the right side. Text says: The CHIPS Act is failing to live up to its potential but YOU can take action. JOIN US & STAY INFORMED. chipscommunitiesunited.org

The CHIPS Act is failing to live up to its potential but YOU can take action. Join us and stay informed: chipscommunitiesunited.org

Image of components of chips and the USA flag folded on the right side. Text says: The CHIPS Act promised to boost domestic research and development (R&D). Last we heard, there was no movement at the PRISM project, which was supposed to research ways to keep the public safe from toxic forever chemicals.

Image of components of chips and the USA flag folded on the right side. Text says: The CHIPS Act granted companies $52.7 billion in federal funding to revitalize the domestic semiconductor industry. Yet, there’s no formal opportunity for neighbors and community members to have a say in the massive new developments in their backyards.

Image of components of chips and the USA flag folded on the right side. Text says: The CHIPS Act was meant to reshore the semiconductor industry and create robust local economies. But the CHIPS Act’s poster child, Intel, isn’t doing too hot. Intel has laid off more than 7000 US workers in the last year. Now, the company warns it may stop its $28B Ohio project before it even begins.

Image of components of chips and the USA flag folded on the right side. Text says: The CHIPS Act promised to create over 125,000 jobs across 20 states. Jobs? What jobs? The CHIPS Act was supposed to create semiconductor manufacturing jobs. But at a cost of more than $150 billion, each new job will cost taxpayers $1.2 million.

Image of components of chips and the USA flag folded on the right side. Text says: Full of promise, the once-in-a-generation opportunity of the CHIPS Act lacks environmental protections. 1. Semiconductor factories are chemical factories, and many of the chemicals are poisonous. Now the president has directed the government to weaken the environmental laws that protect us from these hazardous compounds.

Image of components of chips and the USA flag folded on the right side. Text says: Turning Three and Still No Teeth. 5 ways the CHIPS Act is failing to live up to its potential and what you can do about it.

The #CHIPSAct turns three and still has no teeth. Check out the 5 ways the CHIPS Act is failing to live up to its potential and what you can do about it.
#Intel #TechIndustry #SemiconductorIndustry

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The advancement of American AI must deliver first and foremost for the American people; we can't afford to let Big Tech and Big Oil lobbyists write the rules. That's why we need a People’s AI Action Plan that puts the needs of everyday Americans over corporate profits. peoplesaiaction.com

‘Sometimes David wins:’ WL neighborhoods find ally in fight over $3.87B SK hynix site A Q&A with the head of CHIPS Communities United, a national coalition monitoring the rollout of a CHIPS Act-era landscape … including a rezoning fight now playing in West Lafayette

Read the entire interview below ⤵️ #CHIPSAct
www.basedinlafayette.com/p/sometimes-...

...if the concentration of #PFAS chemicals in the drinking water goes up, those city council members are going to own those problems. I think that's what I would say to the city council: You're going to own those problems. So, I would be really careful with my vote." (3/4)

"A few years from now, if there's a gas leak that sends workers to the hospital, and that's something that has happened at #Intel; if there's a leak of caustic chemicals into the #WabashRiver that kills aquatic plant life, and that's happened at Samsung in Texas; (2/4)

Our Coalition Director, Judith Barish, was recently interviewed about our state-level work and whether the #WestLafayette City Council should support community members in opposing the rezoning of 121 acres of residential land for a #SKHynix #semiconductor factory (1/4) 🧵

Trump signs order to set up new entity to take over Biden’s Chips Act program US Investment Accelerator will oversee the semiconductor production boosting law signed into law in August 2022

Any changes to the program should strengthen protections for workers and the environment, not weaken them, and provide greater clarity and transparency of semiconductor industry subsidies. (2/)

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump signs order to set up new entity to take over Biden’s Chips Act program US Investment Accelerator will oversee the semiconductor production boosting law signed into law in August 2022

Trump says his new “investment accelerator” will take over the implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act. Under the guise of a rebrand, the proposed changes could take away what’s good about #CHIPSAct investments, leaving nothing but #corporatewelfare. (1/2)

Sunshine Week: Who's Benefiting from the CHIPS & Science Act? - Good Jobs First Sunshine Week: Who's Benefiting from the CHIPS & Science Act? - Good Jobs First

The #CHIPSAct could use a little sunshine ☀️. The Commerce Dept. is handing out billions of dollars in incentives to #semiconductor manufacturers but lacks basic transparency. Check out this blog written by our Coalition Director, Judith Barish: bit.ly/4c86kPF
#ICYMI #SunshineWeek

Read the full statement here: chipscommunitiesunited.org/news/chips-c...

#Semiconductor workers around the world labor for low wages in unsafe conditions so that US consumers can buy cars, phones, and other products. These workers deserve fair wages, safe working conditions, and the right to join a #union without harassment and retaliation.

📣 Statement of Solidarity📣
We stand in solidarity with workers at Nexperia #Philippines, who overcame intense repression to reinstate two fired union leaders and win a raise for employees. We call on #Nexperia to reinstate two more union leaders who were fired for organizing.

In the 80s/90s, @randwilson.bsky.social organized semiconductor workers to build unity & gain a voice in MA's high-tech corridor + helped build a broad coalition with Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition that successfully refocused the industry's policy arm to make chips safer and cleaner.

“We’re demanding that #Intel report the same information that they give to the Commerce to the communities they are investing in. As key stakeholders in this process, our voices matter too.” - @randwilson.bsky.social, long-time union organizer and CCU's strategic advisor.
#Tech #CHIPSAct

To learn more about PFAS, check out our fact sheet here:
chipscommunitiesunited.org/news/chip-wa...

You can learn more about Lenny’s efforts on PFAS and organization at www.cpeo.org

“Intel’s releases of #PFAS into the #wastewater are unmonitored and unregulated, and that needs to change.” - Lenny Siegel, Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO).

#Intel #EJ #EPA #Tech #NM #OH #OR #AZ

YouTube video by CHIPS Communities United CCU Intel Communities Press Conference

“Intel needs to be held accountable so that we can protect Ohioans’ valuable tax dollars and our community on all fronts - workforce, environment, and sustainability.” - Bailey Sandin

To hear the rest of our press event, click here:
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Bailey Sandin, Work & Wages Fellow w/ @policymattersohio.bsky.social called on #Intel to be transparent by providing public enforceable benchmarks on #CHIPSAct funding. #Ohio