The China Post
Date: November 29, 2016
By: Kuan-lin Liu
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Employees of the South Korean company Hydis returned to their protest Monday,
Employees from the former Hydis factory in South Korea stand outside YFY’s headquarters to protest the closure of the site by its Taiwan parent company, Monday, Nov. 28. The protesters, who have refused a severance package of NT$3 million per person, have demanded that the factory be reopened. (CNA)
Nov. 28 outside the Yong Feng Yu (YFY) (永豐餘) company headquarters.
The Hydis Union demanded that YFY reverse its decision to close down the Hydis factory and rehire the employees that were let go as a result.
Currently, the severance package that was negotiated for the employees averaged NT$3 million per person. Negotiations were between the management team at Hydis and representatives of E Ink, the subsidiary of YFY that acquired Hydis in 2008, and spanned seven months.
Of the 377 employees that were let go as a result of the Hydid factory’s closure, close to 300 employees accepted the severance package deal and were not involved in the protests.
The Hydis Union had previously filed cases of unlawful termination of employment against E Ink in 2015. However, both an initial decision and a decision after appeal by the Central Labor Committee in South Korea maintained that E Ink did not behave illegally in closing down the factory and letting the employees go. [FULL STORY]
