LABOR GROUPS CONTINUE PROTESTS, BUT AMENDMENTS ALREADY UNDERWAY|不滿砍假 勞團.學生突襲總統官邸抗議

On Nov. 18, youth and labor groups, unhappy at the cut of seven day's national holiday, stormed the President's official residence and then the Presidential Office Building. There was conflict with police as they demanded that the amendments to legislation be withdrawn, otherwise they would escalate their protest action. The Presidential Office responded that different viewpoints must be respected. 　 Holding banners and surging forward 20 or more students and labor groups, dissatisfied with the President's cut of seven days' national holiday tried to enter the Presidential office building. 　 The police held the protestors back and scuffles broke out. The protestors were angry because the Legislative Yuan's Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee held an overnight meeting on Nov. 17 and passed on amendments to the Labor Law to the legislative committee. These included leaving the 'one day's rest, one flexible day off' and cutting seven day's national holiday items for discussion between the government and opposition legislators. Labor groups say that the administration has reneged on its election promises and called for President Tsai to come out and face them. ==HUNG SHIH-TING Nat. Chengchi University labor rights group == Yesterday the 37th clause of the Labor Law was passed and we still didn't see you, the President, do anything about the cutting of seven days holiday from the labor law. The protest started in the morning as students and labor groups stormed the President's official residence and had a standoff with police, they then turned to the main door of the Presidential Office building. In the afternoon they went to the Legislative Yuan and shouted at the ruling party, angry that none of the superior in number of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party legislators had come to the public hearings on the 'one day's rest, one flexible day off'. They were angry that the ruling DPP party has shown such disregard for workers' rights and insisted on cutting seven day's national holiday. ==KUO KUAN-JUN workers' rights protest group== Actually, on Nov. 15 and 16, representatives from all sides all expressed opinions and said clearly that all parts of society do not support cutting seven days holiday, but in the end, the ruling DPP forced through the amendment in the committee to send to the legislature. We cannot accept this action. The 'one day's holiday, one flexible day off' continues to be a bone of contention with labor groups continuing hunger strikes in protest. They threaten to escalate action if the amendments are not withdrawn. The Presidential Office just responded that the amendments were already in progress in the legislature and different views must be respected. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 　 拿著標語，向前衝，20多位學生和勞工社運人士，不滿總統蔡英文硬砍勞工七天國定假，試圖闖進總統府。 　 警方強力阻擋，雙方爆發推擠，場面火爆，勞工團體會這麼激動，是因為立法院衛環委員會週四挑燈夜戰，將勞基法修正草案，送出委員會，不過，包括一例一休在內，七個條文，將保留送交朝野協商，勞團代表痛，執政黨違背選前承諾，要求蔡英文出來面對。 ==政大勞權促進會成員 洪詩婷== 昨天勞基法第37條又通過了 仍然沒有看到 妳(總統)對勞基法砍七天假 有任何的訴求 這場抗議，從上午啟動，青年勞團先突襲總統官邸，和警方一度僵持，再轉向總統府大門，到了下午，則重回立法院，向執政黨喊話，質疑多數民進黨立委，都沒有出席一例一休公聽會，怎麼能不顧勞工權益，堅持砍七天假。 ==工鬥成員 郭冠均== 其實15號、16號 各界的代表 在兩場公聽會上面 都發表了 明確說 社會各界 是不支持砍掉這七天假的 但是最後民進黨 還是用一個 強行表決的方式出委員會 這個東西 我們非常沒有辦法認同 一例一休爭議，風波不斷，勞工團體決定，繼續絕食抗爭，揚言執政黨要是不撤案，將發動更激烈抗議，總統府則回應，目前相關修法已在國會進行，尊重不同意見表達。 記者 綜合報導