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, by HSIN-YUN Wu, KAO Evelyn
Taipei, Jan. 17 (CNA) Several trade and teachers unions led by the Taiwan Confederation of Trade Unions (TCTU) on Wednesday called on the incoming government to allow workers to play a bigger role in creating labor policy and bill formulation.
On Wednesday, the TCTU, along with the National (…)
, by HIOE Brian
ORGANIZED LABOR has sought to call attention to low salaries in Taiwan, with a recent demonstration by Autumn Struggle in late December calling for a raise in wages.
Autumn Struggle is historically one of the largest labor demonstrations in Taiwan, taking place in the fall or winter. Apart (…)
, by NGERNG Roy
“Labour issues have emerged as one of the central themes among young people in this year’s election.”
Taiwan will be holding its presidential election on January 13, 2024.
While in previous years, it was fought mainly on cross-strait issues with China, labour issues have emerged as one of (…)
, by HSIAO-HAN Yu, SHU-FEN Wang , YANG Evelyn
Taipei, Jan. 5 (CNA) The president of Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) is pushing the company’s board to hand out a record year-end bonus after the THSRC union declared it would launch a strike to demand better treatment, he said Thursday.
In a letter sent to all employees Thursday night, (…)
, by DINKELAKER Samia, RUCKUS Ralf
The Class Composition of Indonesian Migrant Workers in Taiwan’s Manufacturing Industry
For more than three decades, Taiwan has relied on the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of racialized migrant workers from Southeast Asia. These perform difficult, dirty, monotonous, and devalued labour (…)
, by HIOE Brian
A number of labor protests took place over the last two weeks. As these protests took place in a similar timeframe to Halloween, a number of these demonstrations involved costumes and dressing up.
On Sunday–the one day a week when migrant workers sometimes have off–several dozen migrant (…)
, by HIOE Brian
Nurses demonstrated in front of the legislature earlier this month. In particular, this was to call attention to the failure of the government to pass laws mandating a three-shift system for nurses.
Nurses and doctors were among those who had to handle the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. The (…)
, by CHANG Chin-fen
Taiwan had been able to achieve both growth and equality in the process of development until the 1980s. The statistics of household disposable income publicized by the government show that the highest 20% of households earned four times of the lowest 20% in the 1980s, but the ratio gradually (…)
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