The Guaiguai strike has entered its fourth day. The Guaiguai trade union held a press conference in front of the labor department today (5th). (provided by the whole production)
[Reporter Li Jinghui/Report from Taipei] The Guaiguai strike has entered its fourth day. The Guaiguai trade union held a press conference in front of the labor department today (5th) to expose the words and methods used by the three employers to face the labor strike, emphasizing that "there will be no layoffs." In fact, "no severance (pay) will be given." After the employer sells the land, as many as 60 middle-aged and elderly workers earning the minimum wage will face the impact of a substantial change in work location. However, Guaiguai refuses to provide severance (severance) pay or even compensation for factory relocation.
Today, the Guaiguai Zhongli Factory Union and the Taoyuan City Federation of Industrial Unions went to the labor department to reveal the actual calculations behind the "commitments" of the three conglomerates.
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Guaiguai Company promises that there will be no layoffs within 2 years. If there is severance after 2 years, the statutory severance pay + 2 months' salary will be paid. In the future, the company promises to give priority to protecting the work rights of local workers in new factory locations.
However, Guaiguai's trade union questioned that six months after ASE purchased the land, Guaiguai's factory on the west side would be moved to the east. About 60 people on the west side would change their working locations, and the working conditions of others would also be affected.
The Guaiguai Labor Union analyzed that the so-called "no severance" actually means "no severance (payment)". Even after two years, if employees leave due to too far distance or poor working environment, Guaiguai company can use the reason that it is not "voluntary severance" to refuse to provide severance pay. Even if it is not "closing the factory" but just "relocating", the costs and impact to these middle-aged and elderly workers will be absolutely unbearable. Therefore, the labor union fought hard for compensation for the relocation of the factory.
The Taoshi Industrial Association pointed out that Guaiguai employees have been receiving almost the minimum wage for decades. Many people stay at Guaiguai because the factory is close to their homes and it is easier to take care of their families. But now that the factory is being relocated, these conditions will change. The location of the future relocation has changed from Pingtung at the beginning, to Hsinchu City, which was announced on September 1, and then on October 2, it was planned to find land in the Taoyuan area. At present, the company has not even announced the location of the relocation. Questions about the so-called "transfer" are just forcing employees to leave their jobs.
The Taoshi Industrial Association even listed the evil deeds of Guaiguai Company in the past. In the past, Guaiguai Labor Union fought for a salary increase of NT$3,000 in 2014 at the end of 2013. However, the three groups and Guaiguai Company proposed, "Those whose salary did not reach NT$28,600 on December 31, 2013 will be raised to NT$28,600, and those who have reached NT$28,600 will not receive a salary increase." That is to say, as long as the employee's monthly salary is 10 yuan higher than the minimum wage, no salary increase will be given. Moreover, the employer never attended the mediation meeting, and the lawyer who acted as the employer's representative even asked the union representative to "shut up" at the meeting.
The Peach City Industry Association pointed out that next year’s minimum wage review meeting has decided to increase the minimum wage by 4.7% next year, which is far lower than the GDP growth rate of 11%. Since the Ministry of Labor and employers both advocate that high GDP growth is only provided by some industries, AI dividends are not available to every company, and cannot be shared by all low-wage workers through the minimum wage, they call on the Ministry of Labor to support workers themselves in standing up for their rights.
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