The China Post
Date: July 28, 2016
By: The China Post news staff
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Conductors of the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA, 台鐵) said
Hundreds of Taipower employees protest outside a briefing session to explain a new utilities law, Wednesday, July 27. Workers, who threaten to take strike action, accuse the government of seeking to break up the utility to profit corporations. (CNA)
Tuesday that cuts in services may occur over the busy Mid-Autumn Festival holiday weekend if labor disputes with management are not resolved.
New regulations outlawing seven consecutive days at work will come into effect on Aug. 1.
Conductors of the state-owned railways are demanding that company management cut 200 scheduled train routes for them to enjoy the same rights as other workers. They have not ruled out possible strike action.
TRA labor union secretary-general Liu Ren-jie (劉人杰) said that the lack of manpower support from the government would not prevent conductors from seeking their legal right to take days off, including during busy vacation times. [FULL STORY]
