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Migrant Workers’ Forum Discusses Range of Topics

Andi Kao11/24/2019

The International Center for Cultural Studies at National Chiao Tung University recently held a conference on “Dialogue between Law and Society – A Seminar on Migrant Workers’ Labor Rights and Government Policies”... Read More

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Ministry of Labor’s Refusal to Abolish Migrant Labor Broker System Illustrates Deference to the Free Market

Andi Kao11/17/2019

The latest round of protests against the exploitative migrant labor brokerage system saw hundreds of people demonstrating outside the Indonesian, Filipino, and Vietnamese representative offices in Taipei in early November. Yet the Taiwanese Ministry of Labor responded to the protests by washing its hands of any responsibility for upholding this predatory system of labor brokerage. The Ministry of Labor's deference to the free market is consistent with the government’s goal of treating Southeast Asian migrant workers employed through the guest worker program as cheap and disciplined labor power... Read More

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Attacks Against the Yilan Migrant Fishermen Union Force the Resignation of Union President

Andi Kao11/03/2019

Attacks against the Yilan Migrant Fishermen Union have intensified in the wake of the astonishing collapse of the Nanfang’ao Bridge earlier this month... Read More

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Human Rights Framework Insufficient for Addressing Issues Raised by Nanfang’ao Bridge Collapse

Andi Kao10/31/2019

The ripple effects from the collapse of the Nanfang’ao Bridge are slowly but surely merging with political currents in Taiwan, redirecting their force, and fashioning social relations anew... Read More

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Online Reactions After Nanfang’ao Bridge Collapse Are Revealing

Andi Kao10/18/2019

A Facebook group “Nanfangao, a small village but full of love,” emerged in the days after the collapse of the Nanfang'ao cross-harbor bridge in early October... Read More

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Fisheries Agency Working Group On Migrant Fishermen Remains Bound within Conservative Political Framework

Andi Kao10/15/2019

A working group formed under the auspices of the Fisheries Agency has been meeting to discuss the labor rights of migrant workers employed aboard Taiwan’s distant water fleet... Read More

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Migrant Fishermen Abuses Continue to Be Covered up Through Collaboration of Taiwanese State and Capital

Andi Kao10/11/2019

On September 20th, the training ship Yu Shiun No. 2 departed Ch’ien-chen Harbor in Kaohsiung, carrying an eclectic crew of passengers, including officials with the Fisheries Agency, employees of the Overseas Fisheries Development Council of the Republic of China, and members of the Serve the People Association, the Environmental Justice Foundation, and the Yilan Migrant Fishermen Union ... Read More

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Arts/Culture

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Social Movements

fishing industry in Taiwan

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Protests Take Place in Hong Kong Over Lunar New Year Holiday

The CCP’s Handling of the Wuhan Coronavirus is Revealing of the Party’s Priorities

Outrage Against the ICAO’s Blocking of Critics Leads to Social Media Campaign

Ray Yeung’s ‘Suk Suk’ Wants Audiences to See Home, Family, and Desire in Hong Kong with Fresh Eyes

Splits Likely to Reopen in the Pan-Green Camp After Election Victory