Taoyuan Flight Attendant’s Union

Court Upholds Legality of EVA Strike, After Attempts by Management to Retaliate

Brian Hioe
The Taipei District Court ruled late last month that the 2019 strike by EVA Air flight attendants was legal. This took place after an attempt by the company to retaliate against strike organizers through a lawsuit that claimed the strike was illegal. Though the ruling stymies what is the latest attempt by EVA Air to retaliate, it is the ruling in the first instance, and EVA Air can appeal. EVA has already indicated that it intends to do so...
April 2022EnglishLaborSocial Movements5 min read

Sit-In By EVA Flight Attendants Continues Into Third Day

Brian Hioe
An ongoing sit-in by EVA flight attendants, with several hundred EVA workers congregating outside EVA headquarters, continues the unionization drive in Taiwan’s airline industry most dramatically expressed in in the 2016 China Airlines strike, led by the Taoyuan Flight Attendant’s Union. EVA was one of the airlines which sought to unionize in the aftermath of the strike, despite that EVA has historically forbidden labor unions. The sit-in began on January 21st and has lasted for over 72 hours at this point...
#20EnglishJanuary 2018LaborSocial Movements6 min read