I don’t know about the foreign press, but the board has discussed foreign blue-collar worker issues from time to time. Here are some old threads (the board’s gotten so big that I’ve stopped keeping up with things):
taipeitimes.com/News/front/a … 2003543198
[quote]Following recent accusations of discrimination against foreign workers by Taipei Railway Station, another incident of alleged discrimination has surfaced, with about 1,000 residents in a Taoyuan County community petitioning to have 30 Filipino workers move out of the area.
Hanging up large banners that read “No to foreign workers in our community,” residents of Rueilian Community (瑞聯社區) in the county’s Bade City (八德) said they did not want the f…
Dear All,
I received the following message which I am passing on; it deals primarily with the labor rights movement in Taiwan specifically in terms of mainland China.
One might, however, broaden the issue as well to consider the issue of Taiwanese companies operating (sometimes with impunity) in the PRC and the alleged abuse of many foreign workers on these shores. We have been discussing mainly the difficulty “Westerners” (i.e. those from mainly industrialized countries) have in procuring ARC…
From Topic Thread: [color=#0000BF]Typhoon 2009[/color]:
[color=#4000BF]Lappy[/color] wrote:
“[color=#8080FF]Like the Philippines haven’t had enough already this month, poor bastards.[/color]”
I wish a few Pinoys would respond in kind, but they don’t get the time off.
Re: New Topic Thread:
[color=#BF0040]Staggering labor agent fees for blue collar workers[/color]
[color=#408040]somewhere offshore - not taiwan - not a promotion[/color]
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Thanks to moderator for compassion and wisdom …
This is a national disgrace. You are not going to win many friends abroad with this callous treatment of foreigners. Working in a government ministry is even worse. You have to put up with idiots who think they can boss you around and micromanage you because they passed some stupid Examination Yuan test. The CLA should not deport these people for protesting. Human rights as a platform of the current government – my ass.
Upset over work and living conditions, thousands attack police, fire fight…
Coincidentally, I’m plugging this in right next to Fred’s “Middle Eastern women” post…
I’m renting a room in a Taiwanese family’s flat. My landlady (the mom) has two filipina maids employed to do pretty much everything in this joint, even “being Mom”.
I’ve talked with these two maids about their lives here (in this flat), and I feel sorry for them. Obviously, there is a spectrum of treatment towards maids; some bosses are ruthless slave drivers and some treat the maids as family.
From what …
I figured we should make a separate thread for this one.
here’s press release from the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants.
Is it legal for a broker to hold someone’s passport? My wife and I have a Filipino maid (named Lisa) and we gave her permission to go back to the Philippines this summer for a vacation because we will be in the U.S. for a month, so it’s useless for her to stay here in Taiwan when there’s no one else in the house. But her broker (the Taiwanese company that hired her) is holding her passport and refuses to let her have it until she has finished her 3-year contract (1½ years from now).
If it is le…
This morning I heard that one of my friends from the Philippines was deported. Guess how much time he had to pack up. None. He was awoken by his boss at two o’ clock in the morning and told to pack up immediately. His factory’s bus did not pick them up as it normally does and he tried to get to work by himself. Meanwhile, the factory had sent taxis to pick up the workers without them knowing. Because only a handful of workers showed up, there was no production for the entire day. Of all the work…
Just seen on the news - a foreigner (North American, I think judging from the accent) in a police station, face beaten, complaining about police brutality. Video footage (the police’s?) showed the foreigner with a video camera filming something. The cops were trying to stop him, but he kept on doing what he was doing. Cop waves hand in front of camera, foreigner gets fed up and whacks cop in the stomach (not too hard, but he definitely hits him). Three or four cops then go in and hand cuff him. …
[color=red]Moderator’s Note:[/color] Continued from this thread .
For the record I had ONE drink before I went to the police station; a vodka and orange juice while I was watching TV but I was definately NOT drunk. I don’t get drunk. Look at the video; do I look drunk? I don’t think so and that’s because I’m not.
Again, I want to point out that I was attacked by the police long before the small clip that you saw. They need the “drunk” story to validate their behaviour.
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