According to Taiwan's "United Daily News", Taiwan's Evergreen flight attendants are on strike and will restart labor negotiations on the 2nd. Whether the deadlock can be broken depends on the "settlement after the ban" signed the day before yesterday to break the collective agreement, and whether the dispute over the absence of duty for 18 flight attendants who are suspected of "strike" can be reversed. On the 30th, both sides were still tough on this and each had their own say. However, whether absenteeism constitutes improper labor behavior must be reviewed by the "Ministry of Labor Adjudication Committee" of the Taiwan authorities. A ruling will not be made in a short time, which may become the biggest variable in tomorrow's negotiations.
Taiwan Evergreen Labor & Management was originally scheduled to sign a group agreement on the 29th, but unexpectedly the agreement stalled within half an hour. According to reports, the labor union met with Evergreen Chairman Lin Baoshui the day before the group agreement was signed. Although the two sides agreed on the general principle of "no post-autumn settlement," Taiwan Evergreen did not accept the withdrawal of the announcement of "no year-end pay, no salary increase, and no preferential air tickets" at that time, nor was it willing to cancel the punishment of 18 absentee flight attendants. The union raised this requirement again when signing the League Association the next day, thus breaking the situation.
The Taoyuan Flight Attendants Professional Union announced a strike starting at 4 p.m. on June 20. On the same day, 12 and 6 flight attendants on flights to Pudong and Hong Kong at 4:30 p.m. and Hong Kong at 4:40 p.m. respectively chose to report for duty at 2:30 and 2:40 after the union announced the strike at 2:90 p.m., and daily wages were also calculated. But then he did not enter the cabin for security check, and uploaded a selfie of air bridge to the Internet. At 4 a.m., he joined the strike and was absent from work by Evergreen Taiwan.
Taiwan Evergreen identified him as "absent from his post without authorization" and insisted on "never lenient loans". Zheng Yaling, secretary-general of the union, said that at 4 p.m. the flight attendants had obtained the legal right to strike, and absenteeism was suspected of being suppressed. The union also said it would not make concessions during negotiations.
Wang Houwei, the "Relations Director of the Ministry of Labor" of the Taiwan authorities, claimed that the two sides had recently suggested that both parties should look at the general direction, not stick to these 18 people, and not include the dispute of flight attendants' absenteeism in the negotiation items, but neither party has adopted it.
Taiwan Chinese Culture University Associate Professor Pan Shiwei of the Department of Labor Relations said that whether absenteeism recorded by the employer is an improper labor act, both parties can make their own claims, but it should be decided by the adjudication committee. The key is that if both sides continue to insist on their own opinions and are unwilling to give in, the strike will never end.
Taiwan Evergreen issued a text message the day before yesterday that it would no longer survey flight attendants' willingness to attend work. This was interpreted by the outside world as a "shutdown" signal. Evergreen Taiwan said that the current willingness of flight attendants to serve is stable and no further investigation is needed. The striking flight attendants can take Sanbao "home" at any time. The trade union continues to collect members' termination letters that "the strike will not end until the league signed a contract."
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