BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS: Protesters threw balloons filled with red paint into the Executive Yuan compound to represent the degraded conditions workers would face
Taipei Times
Date: Nov 28, 2017
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Several labor rights groups yesterday protested a draft amendment to the Labor
Members of various labor groups, holding photographs of Premier William Lai, protest against the government’s draft amendment to the Labor Standards Act outside the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
Standards Act (勞動基準法) and demanded the reinstatement of seven national holidays, while Premier William Lai (賴清德) reiterated that labor rights would be protected by the changes.
The groups rallied in front of the Executive Yuan in Taipei and urged the government to reinstate the seven national holidays that were abolished by the last labor amendment that was passed in December last year, while calling for the withdrawal of a new draft amendment that would ease restrictions on overtime.
The groups in September launched an online petition asking the government to reinstate the holidays and Minister Without Portfolio Audrey Tang (唐鳳) on Oct. 25 convened a meeting with petitioners, but the Cabinet has taken no action since, protesters said.
[FULL STORY]