A weeklong strike by China Airlines pilots over the Lunar New Year holiday came to an end yesterday, after negotiations on Thursday between China Airlines management and the Taoyuan Pilot’s Union...
An ongoing strike by China Airlines pilots continues into its third day since it was declared on Friday morning. It still remains unclear how the strike will resolve...
Labor issues continue to be contested in China Airlines, with the declaration of a strike over the Lunar New Year’s holiday by the Taoyuan Pilot’s Union at 6 AM this morning. Over 900 pilots are striking...
Anger has broken out from activists after punishment against China Airlines workers for participation in the China Airlines strike last year, the first strike in the history Taiwan’s airline industry. This took the form of the firing of China Airlines workers Lin Xinyi, forced transfer of Zhang Shuyuan, and Zhu Liangjun facing punishment and being made to sit down and talk with management...
The ongoing struggle of Far Eastern Air Transport flight attendants against their management has taken on another layer, with accusations by female flight attendants that they were called on to serve alcohol for clients by their management, something decidedly not part of the job of flight attendants. Union representatives allege that this evidences sexism and objectification of female flight attendants by the management...
Allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment within the Taoyuan Confederation of Trade Unions have been divisive of Taiwanese labor organizers in past weeks...
For future developments in Taiwanese labor, looking at past historical examples of successful strikes in other contexts as the 1934 Teamsters strike in America may be useful...
If the China Airlines strike electrified Taiwanese youth activists on the basis of the possibility that further labor actions may ensue, this may be more than wishful thinking. We might examine the relation of youth activism and organized labor going forward...
The China Airlines strike came to an end yesterday night, with workers declaring victory after their demands were agreed to by the Ministry of Labor...
