The Ministry of Transportation and Communications today asked departments to find a solution for a union’s request that airports implement a service fee and distribute the dividends to airport employees.
The Taoyuan City Industrial Union brought about 30 members to the ministry today to request the implementation of a fee similar to the extant commercial port service fees, and to prioritize caring for employees of airlines and airports.
In addition, the union requested the ministry review the salary structure and management of China Airlines Group, solve the issue of limited parking at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and promote 127 days of annual leave nationwide for aviation industry personnel.
Photo: Tsai Yun-jung, Taipei Times
Airports saw a total of about 8.53 million passengers this summer vacation, a record-high surge that brought impressive revenue to airlines, union chair Shih Shu-hua (施淑華) said.
However, the base monthly salary of airline subsidiary companies’ front-line employees is still about NT$22,000, which could hopefully be improved through an airport service fee, Shih said.
As ports were developing, the government used 0.5 percent of commercial port service fees to promote the welfare of grassroots workers, EVA Air Union chair Chu Chia-yun (曲佳雲) said.
However, the airport and aviation sectors have no comparable measures in place, despite employing even more people, Chu said.
Department of Aeronautics Director Wang Shih-ning (王世寧) accepted the union’s petition in person, saying that the ministry respects the labor rights of all transportation industry workers and would ask relevant departments to handle the union’s requests.
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