GENEROUS TO EMPLOYERS:Legislators said proposed amendments to labor regulations rely on employee-employer agreements, but less than 7 percent of workers are unionized
Taipei Times
Date: Nov 04, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Ministry of Labor’s draft amendments to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法) have
Chinese National Party (KMT) Legislator Lin Li-chan speaks at the legislature in Taipei yesterday, holding a sign accusing the Democratic Progressive Party of protesting loudly against the Labor Standards Act amendments while still in opposition, but changing its tune after taking office. Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
drawn criticism within the governing party, with several Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers publicly challenging the proposals.
During a legislative question-and-answer session on Thursday, DPP Legislator Chung Kung-chao (鍾孔炤), a former labor rights activist, put up a placard reading “dumbfounded by tremendous sadness” and stood behind the podium in silence for six minutes until his time was up when it was his turn to question officials about the proposed amendments,.
The placard depicted a government official nodding “yes” to a fat man sitting on a big sack of money, while shaking his head “no” to a group of protesters demanding dignity for workers.
The fat man is playing with blocks, building a castle with beams and pillars reading “low pay,” “overwork,” “cheap land and utilities” and a pinnacle labeled “subsidies.”
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