Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2016-12-17

Former employees of defunct airline Trans-Asia Airways have held a protest at Taipei’s Songshan Airport over severance pay they say falls below what they were promised.

Trans-Asia’s sudden dissolution in November made headlines. The airline had struggled to recover financially after fatal crashes in 2014 and 2015 that led to a drop in bookings. The airline’s sudden closure left 1,700 people out of work.

Trans-Asia had promised its employees that it would pay out more in severance packages than required by Taiwan’s labor laws. However, more than 100 members of the airline’s union protested Saturday after former employees reported that the first severance payment fell below the standards they had been promised.   [FULL  STORY]