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Labor Day protesters call for better pay, secure pension
05/01/2021 08:19 PM
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Labor groups gather on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei. CNA photo May 1, 2021
Taipei, May 1 (CNA) Hundreds of workers took to the streets Saturday in a Labor Day protest, demanding that the government raise the minimum wage and fix its deficit-ridden pension program.
Holding banners that read Raise salaries and Secure pensions, individual protesters and union members marched from Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office to Zhongxiao West Road, calling for improved labor rights.
Labor groups yesterday marked International Workers’ Day with a march through Taipei, while groups focused on pushing a higher minimum wage and guaranteed worker pension plans.
Participants congregated along Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office Building, before marching past the Legislative Yuan where they unfurled large banners with slogans asking for legislators’ support.
A teachers’ group later held a sit-in protest in front of the Executive Yuan, while brief scuffles broke out with police in front of the Control Yuan.
Taiwan Confederation of Trade Unions director Chiang Chien-hsin (江健興) led attendees in chanting slogans on a stage with participants waving