‘IMPRISONED ITSELF’: The legislature should represent the public, but it has surrounded itself with barricades as though it is afraid of something, a union leader said
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 09, 2018
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
Labor rights groups yesterday camped outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, demanding
A labor rights protester yesterday waves an umbrella in front of a police barricade outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photo: CNA
that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) withdraw its proposed amendment to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法) that passed its second reading at the legislature on Dec. 4.
An extraordinary legislative session that began yesterday is slated to conduct cross-party negotiations over the amendment proposed by the Cabinet.
The Legislative Yuan had asked protesters not to gather on Zhenjiang Street (鎮江街), because there is a kindergarten there, event co-organizer and Taipei City Confederation of Trade Unions executive director Chen Shu-lun (陳淑綸) said, citing a police statement.
On Sunday night, the groups announced that the staging area was changed from the intersection of Zhenjiang Street and Qingdao E Road to the intersection of Qingdao E and Zhongshan S roads. [FULL STORY]
