With NPP chair Huang Kuo-Chang facing a recall vote in his electoral district of Xizhi organized by groups opposed to same-sex marriage set for December 16th, the NPP may face a challenge ahead...
Coolloud has declared itself to be one of the most dedicated, independently funded leftist media in Taiwan. Traditionally, they have reported on social movements and protests that were seldom covered by the mainstream press. However, with the rise of independent media in the recent years, the political direction of Coolloud has increasingly become a position of opposition against the so-called “mainstream” social movements in Taiwan instead of right-wing forces or the state...
The Tsai administration is proving to be its own worst enemy where labor policy is concerned, with planned changes to the Labor Standards Act widely condemned as changes which would greatly strengthen the ability of companies to force their workers to work overtime while at the same time reduce workers’ rest times between shifts...
Late October, over 123,000 people took to the streets for Taipei’s annual pride parade, marking the fifteenth anniversary of the event its largest-ever turnout. In contrast, reactions from leading politicians and media outlets were noticeably muted...
Differences between Catalonia and Taiwan aside, this has not prevented most of those in Taiwan who support continued Taiwanese independence from feeling sympathetic to Catalonia’s cause...
With environmental groups filing a lawsuit against the Ministry of Economic Affairs against the renewal of Asia Cement’s mining permit in Sincheng, Hualien, means that the struggle against the Asia Cement mine in Hualien will continue...
A ruling by the Taiwan High Court in favor of RCA workers whose health was affected by industrial pollution is a victory, not only for RCA workers but for Taiwanese labor overall. A landmark case in Taiwanese labor, the case is also a case with few precedents in Taiwanese jurisprudence, as a class action lawsuit with hundreds of plaintiffs. Subsequently, it remains to be seen what will come next for efforts to secure justice for RCA workers...
With an upcoming court ruling by Taiwan’s High Court regarding the historic RCA case, a landmark case in Taiwanese labor, it remains to be seen if the decades-long struggle of RCA workers for justice will soon come to an end. Either way, the case will be a historic one for Taiwanese labor, as well as for Taiwanese labor law...
