HIGHER EDUCATION UNION PRORESTS OVER LABOR LAW'S SELECTIVE APPLICATION AT MOE |納勞基法未蒙其利 大專兼任教師抗議

The Higher Education Labor Union staged a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Education, protesting what they said was the selective application of the Labor Standards Act to adjunct faculty in colleges and universities. With no direct response from the Ministry of Education, the union members attempted to storm the building, demanding a personal appearance by Minister Pan Wen-chung. The action resulted in physical altercations with the police. The Higher Education Labor Union had thought that the inclusion of adjunct faculty in Labor Standards Act coverage would be the first step to protecting their rights. Instead, it became the first step to losing their jobs. ==HSU WEN-LU Adjunct Faculty== We are hired for one-semester contracts. So they could just not renew your contract, in effect firing you. This is one way. The other way is to reduce your hours, for instance from six credits to two. ==MR. CHENG Adjunct Faculty== In my department at the school where I'm teaching, 45% of adjunct faculty will not have their contracts renewed next semester. The union said that the Labor Standards Act should not be applied selectively. Now over 13,000 teachers with no other employment may lose their jobs after the Lunar New Year, as institutions look to hire adjuncts not covered by the Labor Standards Act. ==CHEN SHU-HAN Higher Education Labor Union Office Director vs. TSENG YI-CHUN Dept. of Personnel Specialist, MOE== If you have new evidence, you should submit it to the Ministry of Education and we'll handle it. That's what we've done. Thank you. We're handling it. This evidence, this evidence... Dissatisfied with the Ministry's refusal to make concrete promises, and the lack of results after months of protest, the union members and teachers attempted to storm the Ministry of Education. The police presence at the scene stopped the protesters from entering, resulting in physical altercations. Though the protesters were unable to enter, they remained at the doors demanding to see the Minister. ==CHEN HSUEH-YU Chief Secretary, MOE== There are limited resources available to education. We need to spread them out as much as possible. Unsuccessful in their demands for an appearance by the Minister, the protesters once again attempted to storm the building. After the protest ended, they promised further action. The Ministry of Education said that they would send out inspectors to institutions and that inappropriate practices may affect future funding. TRANSLATED BY：JOHN CHEN 大專兼任教師適用勞基法，高教工會和全國兼任老師原本以為，總算跨出權益保障的第一步，卻沒想到，成為趕走老師的第一步。 ==大專兼任教師 徐文路== 因為我們的聘書 是一個學期一聘 所以他直接不發聘書 等於你形同實質解聘 這是第一種方法 第二種方法 他本來給你六學分的 現在只給你兩學分 ==大專兼任教師 鄭老師== 我所任教的學校這個單位 已經有45%的兼任教師 下個學期不被續聘 高教工會指出，勞基法不能切割適用，而一萬三千多名未具本職的老師，有人過年後就要失業，假若不想失業，得自己想辦法出具本職證明。 ==高教工會辦公室主任 陳書涵 vs 教育部人事處專委 曾逸群== 如果您這邊有新的事證 提供給教育部 由教育部這邊來處理 我們有提供啊 我們有在處理 謝謝 這些事證 這些事證 不滿教育部派出人事處專門委員，無法做出保證，過去幾個月陳情，也未見效果，工會成員與陳情老師們突然衝進教育部。 教育部駐衛警強力阻擋，多次和抗議成員發生推擠，成員們始終被擋在門外，中正一分局二次舉牌行為違法，成員們靜坐在門口，要求部次長出面。 ==教育部主秘 陳雪玉== 教育的一個資源是有限的 我們不希望說資源去重複 要求部次長出面未果，成員們再次衝撞大門，一點多，抗議結束，工會揚言將有下一波動作，而教育部說，將組小組訪查，若發現將糾正，列入獎補助款考量。 記者 林曉慧 沈志明 王興中 台北報導