The China Post
Date: September 8, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The National Federation of Teachers Unions (NFTU) withdrew Wednesday from the
Members of the National Federation of Teachers Unions (NFTU) announces the organization’s formal withdrawal from the Presidential Office’s National Pension Reform Committee on Wednesday, Sept. 7. (Stephanie Chao, The China Post)
National Pension Reform Committee, accusing the government of failing to curtail “slander” being directed at public sector workers.
“We hold no expectations that the committee will be able to address the slander in the next stage of talks,” NFTU President Chang Hsu-cheng (張旭政) said, adding that the organization would shift its efforts elsewhere, namely toward directly engaging the public and legislators.
Chang said the group’s decision to terminate its committee membership was not related to Saturday’s civil servant mass rally, which echoed similar concerns that the committee and the Democratic Progressive Party administration in general were scapegoating public employees for the government’s ballooning financial problems.
The NFTU’s sudden announcement comes a day before the National Pension Reform Committee would convene for the 12th time to enter the next stage of talks. [FULL STORY]
