As of yesterday, the union had mobilized approximately 13,000 Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) workers to strike on International Workers’ Day in protest against the ministry’s plan to corporatize the railway agency. As no TRA trains are to run on Sunday, the ministry on Friday said that it planned to use high-speed rail trains and buses to transport people. We respect their decision and will execute the response plan,” Wang told reporters after the meeting. Negotiations between the union and the ministry went peacefully, TRLU chairman Chen Shih-chieh (陳世杰) told reporters. “We hope that things will move in a positive direction if the ministry gains the trust of TRA workers,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times April 27, 2022 02:32 UTC