Taipei Times
Date: Feb 06, 2018
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
A coalition led by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday submitted 2,228 petition
Members of a Social Democratic Party-led coalition against amendments to the Labor Standards Act wave placards at a demonstration yesterday before submitting 2,228 petition forms backing their call for a referendum to abolish new amendments to the Labor Standards Law to the Central Election Commission in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Huang Yao-cheng, Taipei Times
forms to the Central Election Commission calling for a referendum to abolish a set of amendments to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法) — the latest in a series of referendum proposals to nullify the controversial changes.
The amendments, which were promulgated by the president on Wednesday last week, allow some industries to raise the maximum number of consecutive working days to 12 and conditionally lower the rest time between shifts.
Critics say the measures undermine workers’ rights.
The petition was proposed on Jan. 12 by a SDP-led coalition that includes a number of labor unions and student groups and officially started following the law’s promulgation.
They collected enough petition forms to pass the 1,879-petition threshold needed to initiate a referendum topic. [FULL STORY]
