Protesters end hunger strike but say fight for 7 holidays still onProtesters on Tuesday ended a hunger strike against a proposed plan to cut seven statutory holidays, but said the fight would continue in other ways. Lawmakers today will review the recordings of a meeting last month during which a bill to cut seven statutory holidays passed its first reading, officials said Tuesday. The Oct. 5 meeting was tasked with reviewing an amendment to the Labor Standards Act that would ax seven statutory holidays. Demonstrators had been on a hunger strike since last week, with the protest entering its 90th hour Tuesday morning. 'Chaotic' HolidaysA labor act amendment supported by the Tsai Ing-wen administration is set to cut seven statutory holidays for private sector workers.

Source: The China Post November 08, 2016 16:45 UTC