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...
With Super Typhoon Maria passing by Taiwan yesterday, most parts of northern Taiwan outside of Taipei and Keelung have declared a typhoon holiday for today...
The annual demonstration commemorating International Workers’ Day took place today in Taipei, drawing thousands of workers out onto the streets in protest...
The Tsai administration is proving to be its own worst enemy where labor policy is concerned, with planned changes to the Labor Standards Act widely condemned as changes which would greatly strengthen the ability of companies to force their workers to work overtime while at the same time reduce workers’ rest times between shifts...
