Why is nobody talking about the labour protests?

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But the usage of baby boomers in this thread was to compare the behaviors of older generations in Taiwan with those overseas. Whether they experienced a technical baby boom is slightly irrelevant to the topic. Pretty much everyone reading the thread knows what is being implied.

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Fair enough, I get that.

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I vas just reading that Korean are celebrating the reduction to 52 hour work week.

52 hours. :weary:

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This is why Iā€™m still in Taiwan.
Look at the work options if you want to move in the region ! Frying pan into the fire.

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I like Japan. The options there are also dim.

The ol country also has some of the longest working hours in devloping copuntries, no idea how.

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So Taiwanā€™s best opportunity is to wait ten years and wait for old people to die or become incapacitated. And hopefully not get invaded by China in the meantime

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When you put it like thatā€¦

Get me outta here :scream:

Seriously though Iā€™m giving it quite a bit of thought for the kids because I want my kids to have good opportunities in life and positive outlook on the future ā€¦Here thereā€™s quite a lot of pessimismā€¦ Understandably.

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Move back to Europe and wait for another 2008 style crisis to finish the EU :smiley:

Or move to England and listen to the constant bitching about Brexit, housing, weather, more Brexit, and how the sky is falling. :smiley:

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I used to think about moving to England but itā€™s getting more unlikely now . You never know though . Europe has the impediment of Nous Ne Parlons Francais nor Spraken De Deutsch . No it could be to the homeland which is doing pretty well except for bloody expensive and a tad chilly !

Yep there is bitching everywhere you are not wrong.

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Fuck it, we should all just flock to New Zealand.

Semi-serious.

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All the stuff below is according to the Taipei Times, not necessarily according to me :slight_smile: :

Apparently a signature drive for a referendum to repeal the labor law amendments in question was started back in January:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/01/13/2003685677

But as of late June only about 50,000 signatures had been collected. The required number is 281,745:

It appears the deadline for the 281,745 signatures is next Tuesday:

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