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Taipei: Taiwan’s train network was practically at a standstill on Sunday as employees of the state Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) refused to work on International Workers’ Day.
The strike was intended as a protest against the government’s plans to corporatize the transportation agency.
On Sunday most trains stations in Taiwan were left deserted as more than 12,000 TRA employees, including 90% of its drivers did not show up to work.
TRA management said there were just 18 commuter trains running in rural areas.
In the capital Taipei, dozens of TRA employees took to the streets, along with about 1,000 other workers from more than 100 workers’ unions as part of May Day protests.
“The idea of corporatizing TRA won’t help solve problems if the management continues to exclude union members’ participation in fixing safety rules and in the reform process,” union secretary general Wei Yu-ling told dpa. (dpa)
The strike was intended as a protest against the government’s plans to corporatize the transportation agency.
On Sunday most trains stations in Taiwan were left deserted as more than 12,000 TRA employees, including 90% of its drivers did not show up to work.
TRA management said there were just 18 commuter trains running in rural areas.
In the capital Taipei, dozens of TRA employees took to the streets, along with about 1,000 other workers from more than 100 workers’ unions as part of May Day protests.
“The idea of corporatizing TRA won’t help solve problems if the management continues to exclude union members’ participation in fixing safety rules and in the reform process,” union secretary general Wei Yu-ling told dpa. (dpa)
