Tag: labor conditions in Taiwan | New Bloom Magazine

Denial of Four-Day Workweek Petition Proves Disappointing but Not Surprising

Brian Hioe07/03/2023

It surprised few when the Taiwanese government turned down a petition requesting a four-day workweek, with three-day weekends. The Taiwanese government is obligated to formally respond to petitions that reach a certain number of signatures on the National Development Council’s Public Policy Online Participation Platform...

EnglishJuly 2023LaborSocial Movements4 min read

Food Delivery Workers Call for Establishment of National Union

Brian Hioe04/25/2021

Uber Eats, Foodpanda, GOGOX, and LalaMove delivery workers demonstrated Tuesday in front of the Ministry of Labor, calling on delivery workers to form a nationwide delivery workers union. The union reportedly already has over one hundred members and it is anticipated that the union will be formally established within three months...

April 2021EnglishLaborSocial Movements5 min read

Fish from Taiwanese Vessels Listed as Produced by Forced Labor by US Labor Department

Jay Chen10/11/2020

It should have proven of little surprise when Taiwan found itself on the US Department of Labor’s list of goods believed to be produced by forced labor for the first time late last month...

EnglishOctober 2020Politics5 min read

Increased Scrutiny on Migrant Fishermen Conditions in Taiwan Leads to Control Yuan Probe

Jay Chen08/30/2020

There has been increased focus on the issue of migrant fishermen abuses in Taiwan in the past month as a result of a Control Yuan probe into a 2019 report by Greenpeace ...

August 2020EnglishLaborSocial Movements6 min read

Arts/Culture

Calling For a Return to Sinocentrism in the Name of Opposing It: Responding to ‘Reconsidering Sinophone Studies’

Re/writing COVID-19 in China: Solidarity as Metonym for Historical Truth?

How Taipei Became the Home of Live Comedy During the Pandemic

International

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Social Movements

labor conditions in Taiwan

Fish from Taiwanese Vessels Listed as Produced by Forced Labor by US Labor Department

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Han Kuo-yu Becomes Chair of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy