RAILWAY UNION PROTESTS POOR WORKING CONDITIONS|不滿"強迫加班" 台鐵產業工會政院抗議歲

The Taiwan Railway Union members gathered at the Executive Yuan yesterday in the rain to protest their poor working conditions including long working hours and forced overtime. The union submitted a petition signed by 1,800 union members and demanded that the Executive Yuan to supervise the Taiwan Railway Administration and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications properly to resolve the issues of insufficient staff and unreasonable wage. In response, the Executive Yuan promised to ask the MOTC to take appropriate measures and set up a meeting with the union. The Taiwan Railway Union members gathered in the rain to protest the TRA's mistreatment of workers. The TRA wired the holiday overtime pay to employees in advance in order to force them to work extra shifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The TRA also made new staff complete conductor training within just a few days so that they can work as conductors. The union said this is a disregard for passenger safety since new staff are not capable of handling emergency situations. ==CHIN, TRA Conductor== For example, when an incident such as the explosion at the Songshan station a while ago occurred, it requires an experienced conductor to deal with the emergency situation, like calling for help and assisting passengers. The Taiwan Railway Union submitted a petition to the Executive Yuan demanding improvements to their working conditions. They said TRA employees are overworked and this issue needs to be addressed. ==CHOU KAI, Director, Taiwan Railway Union== We were never given the option to take a day off during public holidays. We also never got our days off back afterwards. ==WANG CHIEH, President, Taiwan Railway Union== First, they need to pay us in full for our overtime or night shifts. We understand that hiring new staff takes time, but we hope the TRA can adjust the train schedules to make sure employees get enough rest. Taiwan Railways Administration Deputy Chief Lu Chieh-Shen responded in a press lease that the TRA is working to hire more staff and resolve the overtime pay and wage issues. The TRA will also start reviewing the train schedules on Sep. 10. The union warned that more railway staff will refuse to work overtime during the Mid-Autumn Festival if the TRA does not propose a solution to these issues by Sep. 12th. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 冒著大雨，也澆熄不了台鐵產業工會抗議的聲音。為了抗議台鐵，以事先發放中秋節加班費的方式，強迫員工出勤。而且還讓新進調度人員，在短短幾天內，完成列車長見習，作為休假的替代人力，漠視旅客安全。下午台鐵產業工會成員，前往行政院陳情。現任台鐵列車長的金先生說，如果發生攻擊事件，新進人員根本無法處理。 ==台鐵列車長 金先生== 剛剛在松山站 才發生過爆炸的事件 如果不是有(有經驗)的列車長 緊急處理 像是趕快呼叫站務人員 然後做緊急處理 然後叫救護車 對車上旅客的安排 為了要讓行政院重視台鐵員工過勞的問題，下午台鐵產業工會到行政院遞交1800份的員工連署書。希望行政院要求交通部與台鐵，盡快改善台鐵員工惡劣的工作環境，重視員工過勞的問題。 ==台鐵工會理事 周鍇== 鐵路局每逢國定假日的時候 從來沒有給我們選擇 而且他在事後 也沒有還給我們一天連休 給我們一天的補休 ==台鐵產業工會理事長 王傑== 加班費或夜間津貼的 要先補足 然後至於人力需求 我們也知道 不是短時間能夠補的 然後如果真的 人力夠的時候 希望鐵路局能夠調整班次 讓員工能有更合理休息 為了避免員工抗議的聲浪越來越大，台鐵局副局長鹿潔身，稍早透過聲明稿回應，表示人力需求已經辦理增額，106年度會持續辦理。至於薪資、加班費已經在研議當中。10號開始也會檢討排班方式。台鐵產業工會則是表示，最晚12號之前，若是沒有得到台鐵確切的改善方案，不排除還是繼續號召運務人員中秋節休假不加班。 記者 李志華 陳立峰 台北報導