NO MIDDLE GROUND: The Taoyuan Flight Attendants’ Union said that after negotiations collapsed for a third time, it would vote on whether to hold a strike or continue talks

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 18, 2019
By: Kao Shih-ching  /  Staff reporter

Negotiations between EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空) and the Taoyuan Flight Attendants’ Union broke down again yesterday, paving the way for a potential strike.

“We will hold a general assembly on Friday for the union members to vote on whether to talk with EVA or to strike,” Taoyuan Flight Attendants’ Union secretary-general Cheng Ya-ling (鄭雅菱) told the Taipei Times by telephone.

Based on the union’s records, it will likely to take a few weeks for it to obtain authorization to organize a strike.

The two parties, which had met twice before, gathered in Taoyuan under the supervision of the Taoyuan City Government, but failed to reach an agreement after a six-hour meeting.    [FULL  STORY]