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CHIPS Communites United

@chipscommunities.bsky.social
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We are a coalition organizing for the responsible and equitable implementation of the #CHIPSAct, uniting communities with new and expanding #semiconductor facilities.

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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Are #RioRancho res­id­ents get­ting what we pay for? I recently learned #Intel, one of the largest employ­ers in our area, is get­ting massive #taxbreaks at the expense of our stu­dents at pub­lic schools." Check out this letter written by Marcy B from CAFA Now. #NewMexico tinyurl.com/5f7v6u7a
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Reimagining the #SiliconHeartland is in full swing! Our first panel of the day is: What’s the impact on Ohio’s resources? We’re excited to cohost this important conversation at the Ohio Statehouse with @policymattersohio.bsky.social
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Last month, we had an amazing time connecting with our CCU friends in the Bay Area! ✨ Great food, conversations, & people! So grateful for our community. 🫶🏼
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Interested in the intersection of #datacenters and #Intel in #Ohio? Then this summit is for you! Join us & @policymattersohio.bsky.social at the statehouse atrium talk about how local communities are being impacted by the #AI boom. To learn more/register: bit.ly/rshsummit #SiliconHeartland
Image of corn stalks next to the skyline of downtown Columbus ohio. Behind the image is a background image of circuits. Text says, "Reimagining the Silicon Heartand." A calendar icon followed by May 22, 2026. Location icon followed by Columbus OH Statehouse Atrium. Save your spot today. Link is bit.ly/rhsummit. This is an all invited event."
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
CCU Coalition Director Judith Barish with participants at the UCLA Industry Power Research Bootcamp following her talk, “Chips Ahoy! Challenging the U.S. Semiconductor Industry.” Thank you to the UCLA Strategic Research Lab for the invitation and thoughtful conversation!
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#Intel just laid off over 650 workers in Hillsboro and Aloha. Were you impacted? Share your story ⬇️ forms.office.com/r/NxT3qT63dN #hillsboro #aloha #oregon #semiconductor #microchip #foundry #fab
Image of semiconductor workers in bunny suits. Text says: Laid off by Intel? Share Your Story.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📧 📬 Interested in staying informed on the latest news with CCU, the semiconductor industry, and more? Then sign up for the CCU Newsletter: chipscommunitiesunited.org/newsletter-s...
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📣 LAST CALL to register for Dark Side of the Chip Conference in #Phoenix! Registration closes at 5pm today ➡ bit.ly/DarkSideofth... #DarkSideoftheChip #ChipsAct #chipscommunities #techjobs #pfas #environment
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
1️⃣ DAY LEFT to register for Dark Side of the Chip Conference in #Phoenix! Registration closes tomorrow! Register Today ➡ bit.ly/DarkSideofth... #DarkSideoftheChip #ChipsAct #chipscommunities
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
2️⃣ DAYS LEFT to register for Dark Side of the Chip Conference in #Phoenix! It’s also the 1st conf ever (that we know of) to address the impact of the #semiconductor industry on US workers, communities, and the environment. Registration closes this Friday, so don’t wait. ➡ bit.ly/DarkSideofth...
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Register now for The #Semiconductor Con: The Dark Side of the Chip, a one-day conference on the semiconductor industry's impact on the #environment and workers and how we can organize so it benefits all of us. ➡️ bit.ly/DarkSideofth... #ChipsAct #TechJobs #Phoenix #Arizona
Image of the arizona desert featuring the Phoenix skyline and a cactus. Text includes: The Dark of the Chip, 424 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004. October 8, 2025. 

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Join us on October 8 for the Dark Side of the Chip, a conference hosted by ASU’s Center for Work and
Democracy and CHIPS Communities United. This event will bring together experts and activists to discuss the impact of the microelectronics boom and share bold strategies for winning reforms that ensure semiconductor manufacturing benefits everyone, not just executives and shareholders.
Register here: https://bit.ly/DarkSideoftheChip
Please contact info@chipscommunitiesunited.org with any questions.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
US #taxpayers just bought 10% of #Intel, the largest US #semiconductor manufacturer. What did we get in return? ➡ Check out intel-layoffs.org for more information. #CHIPSAct #Tech
Light Blue Image with the words: US taxpayers just bought 10% of Intel, the largest US semiconductor manufacturer. 
What did we get in return?
Check out intel-layoffs.org for more information.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Check out the new report from @uawregion6.bsky.social ⚡Organize, Industrialize, #Decarbonize! A #ProWorker, #GreenIndustrialPolicy for #California ⚡ lays out a strategic vision to create tens of thousands of green, #unionjobs and lower the cost of #cleanenergy. www.uawregion6.org/s/Reg6_white...
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Learn how you can get involved in a Chips Community near you. chipscommunitiesunited.org
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
In Peoria, AZ, neighbors packed the city council meeting to demand transparency and accountability from Amkor.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
In #Chandler #AZ, local organizations asked the city council to stop #Intel from poisoning our water. #PFAS
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
In #Syracuse NY, residents packed a town hall meeting to call on #Micron to create good jobs.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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!
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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 is failing to live up to its potential but YOU can take action. JOIN US & STAY INFORMED. chipscommunitiesunited.org
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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
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.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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) 🧵
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
“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
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
“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
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Bailey Sandin, Work & Wages Fellow w/ @policymattersohio.bsky.social called on #Intel to be transparent by providing public enforceable benchmarks on #CHIPSAct funding. #Ohio
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Dillon Wild, an organizer with the @uaw.org, called on #Intel to deliver good #union jobs to Arizonans and aspiring production workers. “No company receiving billions in taxpayer money should conduct layoffs or fail to share the benefits with their workers.” #Arizona #Tech #ChipsAct #1u
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Molly Tack-Hooper from Earthjustice and #Oregon community group Neighbors for Clean Air call for greater transparency from #Intel on its air and climate pollution, especially as Intel plans to expand its operations with billions of #CHIPSACt funding.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Dennis O’Mara from CAFA Now! called on #Intel to address the air pollution in #RioRancho, #NewMexico, by implementing the most effective emission abatement processes, fulfilling their public commitments to improve the environment, and 'being the solution to preventing their pollution.'
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
President Trump says he will reverse the "over classification of government documents" and "make public documents of great public interest." Does this include the #CHIPSAct final contracts? #ReleasetheContracts #CHIPSAct #Semiconductor #Tech #Intel #TSMC #Micron
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
🔹 Let’s make sure CHIP Act recipients use public money to create good #union jobs without polluting our communities. (4/5)
Text on graphic with organizational logos that says, "Let's make sure CHIPS Act recipients use public money to create good union jobs without polluting our communities. Check out violationtrackerglobal.org to learn more about the semiconductor industry's environmental violations."
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
🔹 Companies have violated laws against #airpollution, hazardous waste disposal, and proper treatment of toxic substances like #asbestos. (3/5) #ChipsAct
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
🔹 In the last 14 years, #semiconductor companies have paid over $3.5 million in penalties for #environmental violations. (2/5)
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Did you know half of the chip manufacturing companies with #environmental violations are #CHIPSAct recipients? (1/5)
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Is this how the incoming administration plans to make America healthy again? #CHIPSAct #Transparency #ProtectPublicHealth #PublicHealth
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Let’s make sure #CHIPSAct recipients treat their employees well and help close the gender pay gap in the tech sector. Check out @goodjobsfirst.org's Violation Tracker Global to learn more about Intel’s corporate crimes 👇 violationtrackerglobal.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tr... #tech #GenderPayGap
Text on graphic with organizational logos that says, "Let’s make sure CHIPS Act recipients treat their employees well and help close the gender pay gap in the tech sector. Check out violationtrackerglobal.org to learn more about Intel's corporate crimes."
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🔹 In 2019, #Intel agreed to $3.5 million in back pay and interest and allocated at least $1.5 million in pay-equity adjustments to resolve #employmentdiscrimination allegations.
Text on graphic with organizational logos that says "In 2019, Intel agreed to $3.5 million in back pay and interest and allocated at least $1.5 million in pay-equity adjustments to resolve employment discrimination allegations."
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
#Intel had to pay $3.5 million for underpaying female, African American, and Latino employees in Arizona, California, and Oregon.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
From energy-intensive data centers to the resource-heavy production of AI chips, every stage of this boom accelerates the climate crisis. Read the full report for more key findings: stand.earth/microsoft/
Left side image of a silver robot pointing to text that says: Hidden Climate Costs of AI CHIP Production. The production of AI chips brings significant environmental challenges primarily due to its intensive consumption of energy and water. Without substantial investment in additional & localized renewable energy sources the rapidly growing AI industry risks undermining global climate goals.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
NEW: 🔥 stand.xn--earths-7h0c new analysis on tech giant Microsoft’s AI expansion reveals a heavy burden on the climate.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Today, as semiconductor manufacturing ramps up in the United States, employing hundreds of toxic chemicals and compounds, it is vital that we strengthen workplace safety rules and community environmental protections. No more Bhopals!
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Forty years ago today, a chemical leak at Union Carbide in #Bhopal, India injured over 500,000 people and killed thousands. It was one of the worst environmental and industrial catastrophes in human history.
Black and white image of the Bhopal pesticide plant of Union Carbide India Limited in early 1986, around a year after the disaster from Wiki Commons.
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The Commerce Department inked a $6.6 billion #CHIPSAct award with #TSMC to build 3 new fabs in #Phoenix. While the language on environmental reporting is a step in the right direction, they missed the mark on jobs: How many? How much will those jobs pay? Read our statement: bit.ly/4fXAYvF #labor
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