Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-04-24

A protest against the government’s pension reform program has entered its second day.

Protests against the government’s pension reform plan continue for a second day on Tuesday. (Photo by CNA)

Demonstrators are angered that government efforts to shore up the pension system’s finances will require lower payouts. But they also object to the idea that all pensions should be cut equally.

Around 3,000 protestors gathered in Taipei on Monday for a march calling for dignity and fairness for retired police officers and firefighters.

The focus of the march is pension reform, an issue that will affect workers in many professions. But the demonstrators say it is unfair to cut pensions for police officers and firefighters to the same level to which pensions for teachers and civil servants will be cut.
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