Taipei Times
Date: May 02, 2018
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
Thousands of workers and labor rights advocates from more than 60 unions yesterday
Workers hold banners reading, from left, “Fight for a referendum,” “Demand a higher salary” and “Fight for the right of workers” during a Workers’ Day rally in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chiang Ying-ying, AP
marched in Taipei to mark International Workers’ Day and call for better work conditions.
Before the march, participants rallied in front of the Presidential Office Building, shouting: “We want better rights and better pay” and “No more overwork.”
“The Democratic Progressive Party administration has allowed work conditions to continually worsen by siding with capitalists,” China Airlines Union director Steven Chang (張書元) said.
Recent casualties from overwork and work-related accidents include a fire at a factory in Taoyuan on Saturday that killed five firefighters and two Thai workers, and a traffic accident last week in which a truck struck and killed two police officers and another truck driver after the driver had worked for 22 consecutive days, he added. [FULL STORY]
