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The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) could soon reach a consensus on a draft “Taiwan railway corporation” act, as there are only small differences between the version proposed by the ministry and the one proposed by the Taiwan Railway Labor Union (TRLU), Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) told lawmakers yesterday. The legislature’s Transportation Committee convened after more than 13,000 Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) employees took the day off on International Workers’ Day to protest the ministry’s decision to send the ...

Union members warned of more walkouts if disputes continue over transport ministry’s plan to corporatise railway agency.  . Read more at straitstimes.com.

EXPERIENCE VS IDEAS: A union board director said ground-level staff need to be included in efforts to improve safety, as railway incidents are still occurringBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter

As smooth travel was reported nationwide, despite a Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) strike yesterday, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said that his ministry and the workers’ unions share the goal of making the TRA better. About 13,000 of the TRA’s 16,000 workers took Workers’ Day off yesterday to protest the government’s plan to corporatize the railway agency without first negotiating with staff. While the ministry had organized extra high-speed rail services and intercity buses, as of noon, no additional high-speed train services were neces...

MAKING A PLAN: An extra 3,500 highway and city bus services are to run to and from TRA stations, while tour buses are also to be operating as ‘quasi trains’/ Staff writer, with CNA