August 2021

Advocates Criticize New Plan to Regulate Employment Transfers for Migrant Workers

Migrant worker groups have criticized a new plan by the Ministry of Labor to require migrant workers transferring jobs to go through employment agencies run by the government. Likewise, jobs transfers will give greater priority to workers that remain in their occupational category, rather than workers trying to change between different forms of employment, and take the form of a three-way agreement between the former employer, the new employer, and the agency...

20 Domestic Cases Announced, Most Already Quarantined

20 domestic cases and one imported case were announced by the CECC at its daily press conference today. Sixteen of these cases were already in quarantine. Fourteen cases were in New Taipei, five cases were in Taipei, and one case was in Taoyuan. 89.3% of cases to date have been released from quarantine. Most cases in New Taipei were already in quarantine and were primarily from gatherings, one of which was a family gathering...

Radio New Bloom #16: Namoh Nofu Pacidal on Pangcah Feminisms

For this installment of Radio New Bloom, we present a live recording from our talk with Namoh Nofu Pacidal on April 16, 2021, "On Pangcah Feminisms." This episode is primarily in Mandarin and is the fourth episode of our current season, coming one day after Indigenous Peoples Day in Taiwan and before our talk on Sunday about the five year anniversary of Tsai Ing-wen's apology to Indigenous on behalf of the ROC state...

12 Domestic Cases Confirmed, New Taipei Announces Dual-Track System for Second Dose Vaccination

12 domestic cases and two imported cases were announced at the CECC daily press conference today. 6 of these cases were already in quarantine. Two deaths were announced, who were in their 60s and 70s. There were six cases in New Taipei, four cases in Taipei, and one case each in Taichung and Taoyuan. 89% of cases to date have been released from quarantine...