VIETNAMESE WORKERS ENDURE LONG HOURS, LOW PAY|工時長壓力大 在台越南移工客死異鄉多

Vietnamese immigrants and workers attended the Buddhist rituals of the Ullambana Festival over the weekend to commemorate their lost friends and relatives. According to support organizations for Vienamese workers, over 50 workers from Vietnam have died in Taiwan this year. These deaths were mostly caused by work related accidents and stress. Monks chanted in the Vietnamese Buddhist rituals of the Ullambana Festival, paying tribute to the deceased Vietnamese workers and immigrants. The names, age, and cause of death of the deceased were written on paper for the ritual. According to support organizations for Vienamese workers, over 50 workers from Vietnam have died in Taiwan from January to July this year. Over half of them died in sleep, and less than half the deaths were due to occupational accidents. Overall, these deaths are caused by long working hours, high stress, and lack of training. ==TA THI Representative, Vietnamese in Formosa== There are fewer cases workplace injuries due to equipment. Many workers just die in their sleep. They are mostly men. Le came to Taiwan four years ago. She works over 10 hours a day and has been pushed to her mental and physical limits. ==LE THI NGA Vietnamese worker== I didn't read Chinese when I first came here. It is very important to be able to read. I sometimes work 14 or 15 hours a day. Chen is from Vietnam and has been working in a Taiwan for over a year. He does not speak Chinese. For many young workers like him who are trying to making a living, their greatest fear is accidents at the factory. ==CHEN GUO YUE Vietnamese worker== I had a car accident. It was dangerous. I was afraid. I had to be hospitalized. There are around 600,000 migrant workers in Taiwan providing in-home services and working in various industries. Migrant workers have become an important part of the Taiwan labor force. However, currently only industrial migrant workers are protected by the Standard Labor Act. While the labor law sets limits on work hours, less overtime work also means less pay, which only adds to their mental stress. Half of the deaths of migrant workers are due to workplace accidents, and the other half are sudden deaths. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 法師訟經，遵循越南佛教盂蘭盆節的儀式，為往生的越籍移工及新移民超度。 祭壇上，寫著往生移工的姓名、年齡、死亡的原因；從今年初到七月底，根據長期協助全台越南移工的社團統計，已經有50人客死異鄉，一半以上是睡夢中死亡，低於一半是工安意外，歸納原因是「工時長」、「壓力大」、「教育訓練不足」。 =="越在寶島"分會代表 謝氏金鶯== 不小心被受傷 被機台弄到 那個比例不高 （下班)回家的時候 睡覺沒有起來上班(猝死) 那個比較多 然後多是男生 四年前來台，在工廠工作的黎氏娥，每天工時超過10個小時，精神和體力都到極限。 ==越南移工 黎氏娥== （剛來)還沒看得懂的字 一定要看懂字 有時候(一天)做14個小時 15個小時 來台一年多的越南移工陳國越，中文聽懂沒幾句，像他這樣年輕力壯想賺錢，但最怕的就是工廠裡發生意外。 ==越南移工 陳國越== 工作開車會撞到 有時車子會壓到 那時很危險很怕 有時候會住院 目前在台移工粗估有將近六十萬人，家事與產業移工成為台灣勞動力主力，但目前只有產業移工納入勞基法工時，但不加班也意味著賺的不夠多，情感缺乏出口的苦悶藉著吃喝來排遣，工安死亡與猝死的比例各半，也點出了移工在台生活不為人知的一面。 記者 黃千容 彭煥群 台中報導