The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) would not change its shift system for now, Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday, after more than 200 of the agency’s staff threatened to strike during the Tomb Sweeping Day long weekend from April 2 to 5.
The employees, all of whom are members of the Taiwan Railway Labor Union in Yilan, said they opposed the TRA’s plan to change from a two-shift system (day shift and night shift) to a three-shift system (day shift, evening shift and night shift).
The total work hours under the proposed new system would remain