The Taiwan Railway Labor Union on Tuesday said it would go on strike during the Mid-Autumn Festival in September if the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) fails to address low wages and guarantee that there will be no pay cuts after a planned restructuring.
The TRA must guarantee its employees reasonable salaries and benefits, to which they are entitled, before it is transformed into a state-run corporation, the union said.
The union last month asked for a 50 percent wage hike for all TRA workers, after the Legislative Yuan in May passed a bill to transform the TRA into a state-run corporation by
The Taiwan Railway Labor Union on Thursday said it plans to strike during the Dragon Boat Festival on June 3 after negotiations with the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) on a bill to turn the rail operator into a public company failed to make headway.
The parties failed to reach an agreement on a range of issues at a meeting on Thursday with TRA Director-General Du Wei (杜微), the union said.
One of the major disagreements was how to pay the TRA’s debts after it becomes a public company, the union said.
All of the debt should be dealt with by the government, rather
The Taiwan Railway Labor Union on Wednesday said it might hold a protest and go on strike next month if the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) presents its proposal to transform itself into a state-run corporation to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications without first reaching an agreement with the union.
After a derailment of a Taroko Express train in Hualien County on April 2 last year killed 49 people, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材), who took office on April 20, vowed to transform the agency into a state-run corporation within three years.
Wang has since last month met
More tickets east with EMU3000 trains: TRA
Staff writer, with CNA
Fifty new express trains that are to begin arriving in June would initially expand service in eastern Taiwan, where tickets can be difficult to obtain, the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) said on Sunday.
The new trains, an EMU3000 model made by Japanese manufacturer Hitachi, would “effectively solve difficulties that passengers are having getting tickets to Hualien or Taitung,” the TRA said in a news release.
Although the trains, which cost NT$44.3 billion (US$1.56 billion), would initially be used on the east coast, they could be used on multiple routes, especially those connecting to destinations in western Taiwan, the agency said.