POST OFFICE WILL CONTINUE SOME SATURDAY SERVICE|''一例一休''半數郵局週六不開 遭批不便民

To comply with the new work-week policy, Chunghwa Post Co. is planning to suspend Saturday services in half of its post offices starting from late Feb. However, Minister of Transportation and Communications Hochen Tan asked the company to revise the plan as it could inconvenience the public. On hearing this, the Chunghwa Postal Workers' Union said that they may follow in the footsteps of the Taiwan Railway Labor Union and stage a protest. To comply with the "one fixed day off and one flexible rest day" policy, last year, Chunghwa Post Co. announced that over 140 of 287 post offices operating on Saturdays will stop providing services on weekends starting from late Feb. However, MOTC Minister Hochen Tan asked the Chunghwa Post Co. to review its decision, saying that it will cause inconvenience to the public. ==MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC== From the point of view of the public, I am for the MOTC Minister, because it is more convenient for all of us. However, the decision will increase workload for post staff. ==MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC== The Chunghwa Post Co. can choose to make at least some of its employees work on Saturdays to provide postal services and banking services. The Chunghwa Postal Workers' Union expressed their opposition on hearing that there may be a change to the company's plan to reduce the number of post offices providing services on Saturdays. The union said that they have come all this way to schedule shifts after negotiations with the company before and after the Lunar New Year holidays. Chunghwa Post Co. has promised to give overtime pay to those working on Saturdays according to new regulations of the Labor Standards Act. The MOTC's instruction for more post offices to operate on Saturdays completely disrupts the current plan. ==CHENG KUANG-MING Dir., Chunghwa Postal Workers' Union== Besides providing services for the public, Chunghwa Post Co. should also take the employee's health and right to rest into consideration. The MOTC's statement disrupts our schedule. I think it micromanages too much. If the MOTC insist in making us work on Saturdays, we will hold a protest, just like Taiwan Railway Labor Union did. I think this is not something that everyone will be glad to see. The union said that the company should add more personnel instead of forcing its employees to work on Saturdays. Chunghwa Post Co. said that they are now making new plans to cope with the situation, hoping to strike a balance between customer convenience and employee's health. The company aims to maintain Saturday services in a least of half of the 287 post offices currently opening on Saturdays. The final decision will be announced publicly after being sent to and approved by the MOTC. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH 因應一例一休，中華郵政去年底宣布，全國287家周六營業的郵局，從今年二月下旬開始、將有超過140家，不再周六營業，周六周日也不再投遞限時郵件。但交通部長賀陳旦認為此舉不便民，要求郵局重新檢討，不能縮減到半數都不營業。 ==民眾== 如果以民眾的立場 我當然支持交通部長的說法 因為這樣子大家更方便 但是就他們員工的工作負荷來說 是不是有更好的做法 ==民眾== 如果要一例一休 他可以就是說 看營業時間大概訂在什麼時間 然後郵務跟儲匯 分別有人留守 聽到縮減周六營業的方案，可能又有變數，郵政工會氣得直跳腳，工會指出，因應一例一休，工會在春節前後密集和資方協商，好不容易把班表排出來，資方也承諾周六上班的員工，會依照勞基法新規定給加班費，現在交通部又指示要增加周六營業的郵局，完全打亂現有的方案。 ==郵政工會理事長 鄭光明== 照顧社會大眾的話 也要兼顧員工的身心休息 加班 就一個文把我們打亂掉 我覺得是 交通部是管太多了 你要這樣的話 這樣我們員工 我們中華郵政也是跟鐵路工會 這樣來抗爭的話 我想這樣 也是我們大家所不樂見的 郵政工會痛批，現在正是檢討人力不足的好時機，不是拗員工來上班，而中華郵政公司則證實，確實在研擬新的因應方案，希望兼顧便民，新方案出爐後，會報交通部核准，之後才能對外說明，目前規劃方向朝原本287家周六營業的郵局，保留一半以上繼續在周六營業。 記者 薛宜家 林志堅 台北報導