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Hundreds of workers at a Micron Technology plant in Taiwan have voted to strike after talks with the US memory chip giant over bonus reforms collapsed, their union said Wednesday. Of the 2,258 eligible union members at the Taoyuan plant, 2,012 cast ballots, with 1,994 voting in favour of strike action and 14 against, union secretary Chen Yen-kai said. Micron, which makes around 50-60 percent of its chips in Taiwan, has been locked in talks over remuneration with two labour unions representing 12,000 of 15,000 workers at its Taoyuan and Taichung plants. Taoyuan union head Jerry Lin said no strike date has been set but a surprise strike could be called by text message, and he urged Micron to present a concrete proposal after its board meeting scheduled for October 8 and 9 before the union formally proceeds to a strike. The unions are seeking a one-off bonus of 83 months' salary plus a permanent system allocating 15 percent of operating profits to worker bonuses paid quarterly, rejecting Micron's offer last month of up to 68 months of pay. The Taichung union, representing around 11,000 workers at the larger plant, said its talks with Micron would continue as scheduled despite the Taoyuan strike plan.