Zookeepers have called for higher pay, with zookeepers at the Taipei Zoo criticizing stagnant wages for the last thirty years. Currently, zookeepers are usually paid between 31,000 NT and 38,000 NT...
Taiwanese female professional soccer players have been left in a lurch after the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) abruptly announced that training plans for the athletes would come to an end on November 3rd. Training had been ongoing since 2021, but players were informed that the training plan had come to an end suddenly on November 9th...
Around sixty drivers from bus operator SF E-bus went on strike late last month, resulting in thirteen routes serviced by the company being unable to operate. Of 476 scheduled bus routes, 470 were canceled...
Arrests in Taichung last month over illegal and exploitative loans provided to students point to a growing problem in Taiwan. Namely, disenfranchised students may be pushed to sign for loans without being aware of what they are getting into, at a time in which costs for education in Taiwan have increased...
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...
Medical workers demonstrated on Sunday to call for improvements in their labor conditions. The demonstrations, which took place in front of the Legislative Yuan, drew several hundred. Some reports suggest that 500 or more attended...
The Taoyuan Flight Attendants' Union has criticized the Taoyuan city government’s gender equality committee for siding with EVA Air on a number of policies. This takes place at a time that the union is campaigning for an end to gendered uniforms for flight attendants, seeing as female flight attendants are currently required to wear pencil skirts, stockings, and high-heels, while pants are not allowed...
The Indonesian Economic and Trade Office declared late last month that non-religious activities were banned for Indonesian migrant workers until December 12th...
There have been calls for improving safety measures for firefighters after a blaze killed four firefighters in Pingtung on Friday. Subsequently, the National Association for Firefighters’ Rights demonstrated on Ketagalan Boulevard on Saturday with a banner listing the names of the 39 firefighters who were killed in the line of duty in the past decade. The incident points to the need for a number of fundamental safety reforms...
