Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/29
By: Lee Hsin-Yin
Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) Pilots from China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways said Wednesday
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that they are prepared to shelve a plan for strike action and enter long-term negotiations with management, as both sides have begun substantive talks on their concerns under government mediation.
“We hope that our demands can be adequately addressed within one year,” Pilots Taoyuan Union executive director and CAL pilot Chen Hsiang-lin (陳祥麟) told CNA.
It means that for the coming 12 months, the union will not be in favor of a strike unless the negotiations are suspended, Chen said.
Chen said the turning point to a more moderate approach was the intervention of the Taoyuan City Labor Department, which the union felt is a credible mediator that could bring pressure to bear on the airlines. [FULL STORY]
