Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-07
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A union of train drivers will continue negotiations about understaffing until October, in effect excluding industrial action during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, reports said Wednesday.

The group had initially predicted that its members would not work extra hours during the September 15-18 holiday, which might have led to the absence of extra trains and to difficulties for travelers over the busy four-day holiday.

A total of 94 percent of the union’s train drivers had voted not to work extra hours and to take days off they were still owed during the official holiday.

However, after a second round of negotiations with the Taiwan Railways Administration Wednesday, the union said it was willing to take things slowly in order to achieve its aims and to continue the talks until October 20. In this event, there was no need to take any action during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the union said, denying that causing disruption during the holiday had ever been one of its aims.     [FULL  STORY]