The Taiwan Railways Corporation has announced price hikes of 26.8%. The price hikes have already been approved by the Executive Yuan. Nevertheless, the price hikes will be the first time in thirty years that the Taiwan Railways has raised prices. They will take effect on June 23rd...
On Sunday, dozens of migrant workers in Taipei gathered at the city’s central train station to protest gender violence against migrant women as well as raise awareness about the plight of Palestinian women and children through a flash mob performance. This was in celebration of “One Billion Rising”, an annual campaign against rape and gender violence held in 60 countries worldwide. The name comes from a statistic that within their lifetime, at least one in three women across the world will have encountered gender violence, which totals to around one billion people...
The Taoyuan Flight Attendant's Union has stated that it will seek a constitutional interpretation after a ruling by the Taiwan High Court that required the union to pay EVA Air compensation for losses incurred during a 2019 strike. As the decision can no longer be appealed, the Taoyuan Flight Attendant’s Union likely plans to escalate in this way...
A second-instance judgment by the Taiwan High Court has ruled that the Radio Corporation of America must pay 170 million NT to affected former employees and their family members. In the judgment, there were a total of 222 plaintiffs...
Union groups have called for civil servants to be allowed to have International Workers’ Day, which is commemorated on May 1st and known as May Day in other parts of the world, off as a holiday...
The Ministry of Labor has released new guidelines on the rights of female migrant workers. Nevertheless, it is to be seen whether the guidelines rectify a longstanding problem in Taiwanese society. One issue of note facing female migrant workers is that many have their work terminated after becoming pregnant. 6,000 female migrant workers become pregnant in Taiwan each year, but 78% of migrant workers who receive maternity benefits end their contracts and return to their home countries...
Migrant worker advocacy groups demonstrated on Wednesday, December 18th. This marked International Migrant Workers’ Day. To mark this, organizations demonstrated in front of the Ministry of Labor...
Autumn Struggle, one of Taiwan’s longest-running labor protests, demonstrated late last month on November 10th. As in past years, participants were mainly left-wing labor organizations. Around two hundred participated in the rally...
The Ministry of Labor has come under fire for a workplace suicide. The suicide took place in the Xinzhuang Joint Office Tower in New Taipei, where the Executive Yuan has some facilities...
