farmers in Taiwan

Control Yuan Calls for Reform of Migrant Worker System for Agricultural Sector

Brian Hioe
Control Yuan members Wang Mei-yu, Wang Yu-ling, and Upay Radiw Kanasaw held a press conference late last month to call attention to the lack of pathways for migrant workers to work in the agricultural sector. Namely, compounded with the agricultural sector’s shortage of workers, this has resulted in a “symbiotic” relationship between the agricultural sector and migrant workers that have fled their workplace, commonly referred to as “runaway” migrant workers...
EnglishJanuary 2023LaborSocial Movements5 min read

Demonstrations Against Cigu Solar Farms in November Follows Familiar Lines

Brian Hioe
Two hundred demonstrated against solar farms in Cigu in front of the Presidential Office in early November. This continues several years of protest by Cigu residents against solar farms. According to demonstrators from the Alliance to Save the Lands of Cigu and other groups, protests against the solar farms have quadrupled in the past four years...
December 2022EnglishEnvironmentalSocial Movements5 min read