SHOWING GOODWILL: The union is open to talks with airline management, and the ministry hopes an agreement is struck before voting on the strike ends
Taipei Times
Date: May 14, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The Executive Yuan has established an ad hoc team to respond to fallout from a possible
Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai answers questions from legislators yesterday during a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Transportation Committee.Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
strike by EVA Air flight attendants, Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai ( 王國材) said yesterday, adding that the ministry is seeking to resolve the dispute.
Members of the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union yesterday started voting on a strike. The union is formed by flight attendants from EVA Air and China Airlines. The motion will pass if half of the union’s members and 80 percent of EVA Air employees vote to strike.
The dispute between EVA Air and its flight attendants was discussed at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee.
Democratic Progressive Party legislators Cheng Pao-Ching (鄭寶清) and Chen Ou-po (陳歐珀) as well as Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Yen Kuan-heng (顏寬恆) asked Wang how the ministry plans to respond to a strike. [FULL STORY]
