TAPMC THREATENS GO-SLOW ACTION BEFORE LUNAR NEW YEAR|不滿漲租金 北農工會揚言春節前怠工

The dispute between the Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Co and the Taipei City Government reached a new low. Angry at the Taipei City Council's decision to raise the rent of the Market that the company currently operates at, the company's union threatened to hold a go-slow for three days before the Lunar New Year, making it quite possible that Taipei residents will have limited fruit or vegetables to buy during the upcoming holiday. We refuse to accept a 15 percent raise, we remain at 10 percent. Holding their petition, Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Co. union threatened Taipei City Government with a go-slow for three days before Lunar New Year. This is because the city council voted to raise the rent of the No. 1 Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale market by 15 percent from 10 percent. This would affect residents, businesses and a whole range of service industries, leaving them nowhere to buy fresh produce before Lunar New Year. ==MR. TSENG member of public== If they use this method of protest, which affects everybody's life, the city government really shouldn't raise they rent. ==MR. LIAO member of public== I think it's just a threat, to affect everyone's lives, especially at the Lunar New Year, they probably won't do it, I think. The TAPMC said that around 1,600 tons of vegetables and 700 tons of fruit come in every day to supply the Keelung and two Taipei's markets. If the process was interrupted it would affect the whole country. The union is unhappy that on Dec. 27, the city council decided to raise rents for the No. 1 Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market itself and the parking and cold storage by 15 percent. The city government did not give prior notice and did not discuss the move. The union said that its go-slow would consist of coming to work, but not holding auctions for produce. ==CHANG BAO-CHIH TAPMC Union Head== The petition for this go-slow has been made by all of our members. I also hope that it won't go forward, because it is huge and will seriously affect all levels of society. Currently, the petition has signatures from over a third of union members. The union said as soon as it is over two-thirds, the go-slow will start. The Taipei City Government hopes that it has some room for negotiation with the union, and the union responded that their bottom line was that rent would remain at 10 percent and not be raised. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 拿著怠工連署書，台北農產運銷企業工會，揚言台北市政府如果調漲，第一果菜批發市場的租金，從10%調高到15%，就要在農曆春節前怠工三天，到時候不只台北市民可能面臨無菜可買，連飯店、餐廳，夜市也會受到嚴重衝擊。 ==民眾 鄭先生== 用這種手段去抗議 再影響到老百姓的生活 這樣應該市政府 不應該這樣做吧 ==民眾 廖先生== 應該是嘴巴這樣講 有影響到全民的權益 尤其過年的時段 應該是不至於 台北農產運銷公司表示，平均每日蔬菜進貨量1600公噸，水果700公噸，主要供給北北基地區。所以一旦蔬果供貨出問題，恐怕影響北台灣。工會不滿北市議會在去年12月27日，決議調高第一批發市場、停車場及冷藏庫的使用費率到15%，北市府又沒告知、也沒要協商。工會說發動怠工之後，雖然會上班，但不會進行蔬果拍賣。 ==台北農產運銷企業工會理事長 張寶智== 這個怠工雖然是所有連署 會員連署所提議 我也不希望這個怠工 這個情形發生 因為這個影響層面確實太大 確實太大 目前怠工連署書已超過三分之一。工會表示，一旦超過三分之二就會發動怠工。針對北市府希望能跟工會有協商空間，工會則回應，底線就是使用費率要維持為10%，不能調整。 記者 李志華 謝其文 張梓嘉 台北報導