Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/20
By: Chiu Po-shen, Wu Jui-chi,
      Lu Kang-chun, Lee Hsin-Yin and Ko Lin

Taipei, June 20 (CNA) A shouting contest broke out outside EVA Airways' corporate headquarters in Taoyuan Thursday, as hundreds of union members and company staff shouted slogans and exchanged insults over a strike called by the union that led to nearly two dozen flight cancellations that day.

The strike started at 4 p.m., after negotiations between the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union (TFAU) and the airline management collapsed.

Among the issues unresolved, TFAU demanded that the daily allowance for EVA flight attendants be increased.

As the strike began, hundreds of union members gathered outside the Taoyuan building to protest against the company.    [FULL  STORY]