The Chunghwa Express Co employees’ union said it might go on strike before the Lunar New Year holiday, due to a salary dispute, after a vote on possible labor action passed on Saturday.
The company, which mainly delivers checks and paperwork to financial institutions, is a subsidiary of state-run Chunghwa Post Co.
A strike by Chunghwa Express employees could seriously affect fund transfers between the nation’s banks.
Photo: Chen Hsin-yu, Taipei Times
Union chairman Chen Hung-chuen (陳宏春) said 83 percent of union members approved going on strike in Saturday’s vote.
The dispute is related to year-end bonuses, Chen said.
Following two years of negotiations, Chunghwa Express employees launched a strike in July last year after the union and the company failed to agree on a pay raise.
The company agreed to a NT$5,000 monthly pay raise for company employees following the strike, he said.
However, the union on Saturday accused the firm of deducting the monthly raise from workers’ annual bonuses, resulting in a year-end bonus of only a month’s salary, with employees losing about NT$30,000 to NT$50,000 per person.
The union has demanded an annual monthly base-pay raise of NT$800, while senior employees should be guaranteed more, Chen said.
Employees should be given year-end bonuses equal to at least 1.5 months of salary, he added.
The union plans to stage a demonstration outside the Executive Yuan building today and might go on strike before the holiday if the government fails to mediate the dispute, Chen said.
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