‘FIGHT IN TALKS, NOT ON STREETS’:The agreement reached yesterday averted a de facto strike that would have seen one-third of the union members call in sick on Friday
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 29, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff Reporter
The management of China Airlines (CAL, 中華航空) yesterday reached an agreement with its
China Airlines Employees Union chairman Ko Tso-liang, foreground left, shakes hands with China Airlines president Hsieh Shih-chien after the conclusion of talks in Taoyuan yesterday. Photo: CNA
employees’ union on the union’s eight listed demands in negotiations, averting a potential de facto strike by workers on Friday, CAL chief executive officer Hsieh Shih-chien (謝世謙) said.
Hsieh headed into yesterday’s session to negotiate with representatives of the China Airlines Employees Union, which covers ground staff, pilots, maintenance workers and other China Airlines employees, following objections and heated exchanges between the two sides in the previous day’s talks.
He confirmed having deliberated on the eight demands put forward by the union in the two-day session, and that both sides have signed a formal agreement, but he declined to give any details of the settlement.
Some revisions were made to the eight demands, but they were acceptable to the union, according to representatives at the session, which took place at a CAL office building at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. [FULL STORY]
