Zookeepers have called for higher pay, with zookeepers at the Taipei Zoo criticizing stagnant wages for the last thirty years. Currently, zookeepers are usually paid between 31,000 NT and 38,000 NT...
A number of labor protests took place over the last two weeks. As these protests took place in a similar timeframe to Halloween, a number of these demonstrations involved costumes and dressing up...
Organized labor groups rallied on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office Building today for International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day in other parts of the world. Though the rally was not as large as in past years, prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gradual accommodation to COVID-19 in Taiwanese society is what has allowed for International Workers’ Day demonstrations to again take place. Last year, for example, only saw a few hundred workers participate in International Workers’ Day commemorations that were significantly scaled down...
The Chunghwa Telecom Union demonstrated in front of Chunghwa Telecom headquarters in late November against low wages. Although the union threatened a strike on election day on November 26th, this was later called off...
Several hundred gathered in front of the Presidential Office today in order to commemorate International Workers' Day, also known as May Day. A color stage was set up on Ketagalan Boulevard for the occasion...
The Ministry of Labor announced on October 8th that Taiwan’s minimum wage will increase by five percent, starting next year on January 1st. According to the ministry’s Minimum Wage Review Committee, the minimum monthly salary will increase from 24,000 NT to 25,520 NT, while the hourly wage will increase from 160 NT to 168 NT...
The Taiwan Postal Workers’ Union protested on Monday at Chunghwa Post’s Taipei headquarters, demonstrating against what they stated was an unfair system of pay within the company...
Members of the Taiwan Railways Union protested outside of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications earlier this month. Workers called for the Taiwan Railways Administration to pay overtime it owes its workers for the months of May and June and demonstrated against a new work schedule that would begin to be implemented next year...
The annual march in Taipei commemorating International Workers’ Day did not take place today, given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, labor groups held a press conference this morning on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office Building, where the International Workers’ Day march normally starts each year...
