The results were not received positively by Ministry of Labor officials.
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/10/09
By: Central News Agency
Three issues related to migrants’ rights being voted on in a mock referendum
The results were not received positively by Ministry of Labor officials. (By Central News Agency)
garnered more than 90 percent of support from voters, mostly migrant workers, but the results were not received positively by Ministry of Labor officials.
Of the 2,447 people who participated, 2,424 voted to demand legal protections for live-in caregivers, and 2,413 supported the right of migrant workers to switch employers without restrictions, according to Taiwan International Workers’ Association (TIWA), which staged the referendum.
The third issue on the ballot was about the private employment brokerage system, which has been criticized for charging high fees for migrant workers.
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