GIVE AND TAKE? A union leader said that it has made concessions, but has made additional proposals due to China Airlines’ refusal to improve working conditions
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 13, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The Taoyuan Union of Pilots yesterday offered to hold eight-hour negotiations beginning
Taoyuan Union of Pilots board director Chen Pei-pei talks to reporters about the China Airlines strike in Taipei yesterday.Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times
at 1am today, as it announced plans for a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taipei in support of striking China Airlines pilots, whose strike enters its sixth day today.
No timeframe was given for the sit-in.
While the ministry and the airline agreed to meet with union representatives, China Airlines said that the union’s proposed start time for the talks was unfair, as it appeared to be an effort to avoid a media presence, even though the negotiations are to be broadcast live over the Internet.
The carrier said that it had agreed to deploy three pilots for flights that exceed eight hours and four pilots for flights that exceed 12 hours, thereby meeting the union’s main terms for resolving the problem of pilot fatigue. [FULL STORY]
