Taipei Times
Date: Oct 29, 2018
By: Ann Maxon  /  Staff reporter

About 100 migrant workers and labor rights advocates yesterday protested in front of the Ministry of Labor, calling for legislation requiring employers to separate workers’ dorms from factory complexes to improve safety.

Between December last year and April, factory fires have killed eight migrant workers who were living in dorms connected to factory buildings, as well as six firefighters who entered burning buildings trying to save them.

Yesterday’s protest was the fifth organized by migrant workers and labor groups calling for the separation of dorms from factory floors.

“Following our first protest [on May 9], the ministry said in a statement that it would discuss the issue with other responsible ministries. When we protested again on May 23, it said it would convene a meeting with the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Economic Affairs to discuss it,” Hope Workers’ Center member Hsu Wei-tung (許維棟) said.    [FULL  STORY]