Tag: Taiwan International Workers’ Association

Regulations Requiring Migrant Workers to Have Employers’ Permission to Purchase Electric Bikes Criticized

Brian Hioe12/02/2022

Migrant worker advocates have reacted with anger against new regulations rolled out by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications requiring blue-collar migrant workers to have the consent of their employer in order to purchase electric bicycles. The new regulations began to be implemented on November 30th, with the form that employers need to fill out for their employees to purchase electric bicycles released on November 18th...

December 2022EnglishLaborRaceSocial Movements5 min read

Migrant Workers Demonstrate Outside of the Control Yuan Against Government Inaction in Kaohsiung

Brian Hioe09/03/2022

Filipino migrant workers and their advocates demonstrated outside of the Control Yuan earlier this week, criticizing the Kaohsiung Bureau of Labor Affairs and Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone Administration’s handling of labor complaints about WUS Printed Electronics Company...

EnglishLaborSeptember 2022Social Movements5 min read

Ministry of Labor Forum on Labor Brokers Criticized by Migrant Workers’ Groups

Andi Kao10/10/2019

Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor hosted a forum on October 2nd to consider allowing labor brokers to charge migrant workers additional fees after completing their first three-year employment contract...

EnglishLaborOctober 2019Social Movements6 min read

Outrage After Eviction of Migrant Workers from ASEAN Square, Protest Planned for Sunday

Brian Hioe07/19/2019

Anger has broken out from migrant worker groups after an incident in Taichung involving the eviction of forty migrant workers from the ASEAN Square by Taichung police. The incident took place at night on July 14th and was filmed by a bystander on a cell phone...

EnglishJuly 2019LaborRaceSocial Movements6 min read

Migrant Workers March For Better Labor Conditions Despite Heavy Rain, Wind, And Cold

Brian Hioe01/07/2018

Despite heavy rain, wind, and cold, several hundred migrant workers and supportive Taiwanese activists marched today from the Ministry of Labor close to the Dadaocheng area in western Taipei, past Taipei Main Station, and towards the Presidential Office. There, migrant workers held a rally on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the barricades surrounding the Presidential Office...

#20EnglishJanuary 2018LaborSocial Movements12 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

Taiwan International Workers’ Association

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