Workers clash again at TSMC’s southern Taiwan plant amid construction rush

A construction dispute at TSMC’s F18P9 plant in southern Taiwan erupted into another physical clash, just weeks after nearly 20 subcontractor workers were filmed fighting at the same site.

The latest confrontation happened on the morning of the 4th outside the plant’s administrative area. Witnesses recorded workers aggressively pushing one another on a sidewalk and posted the footage on social media. TSMC’s safety committee intervened after learning of the incident, while officers from the Second Special Police Corps went to the site to stop the fight from escalating.

Initial findings indicated that both sides involved workers from subcontractors. The argument reportedly followed a toolbox meeting and developed into pushing. The workers had allegedly been involved in an earlier dispute at TSMC’s Kaohsiung campus before encountering one another again at the F18P9 construction site. After exchanging taunts, they clashed again.

The earlier incident on July 22 involved nearly 20 subcontractor workers in a mass fight. That confrontation was also filmed and circulated online, with the order of entry for construction work cited as a suspected trigger. Those involved in the latest incident went to the Second Special Police Corps to give statements. Authorities continued working to determine the precise cause, but reported that nobody was injured.