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Denial of Employment Status, Labor Rights Violations, Monopoly Concerns, and Personal Data Leakage: Food Delivery Platforms in Taiwan
Related reading Exploitation of Food Delivery Couriers in Taiwan For a broader look at Taiwan’s food…
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Related reading Dismissal, Litigation, and Clawback of Wages: Micron in Taiwan For more detailed inf…
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Taiwanese medical device manufacturer’s forced labor and union busting implicate UK, US, and European healthcare systems
Background on TaiDoc Technology Corp. Founded in 1998 in Taiwan by Dr. C. W. Chen, TaiDoc Technology…
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Plant Closures, Mass Layoffs, and Deteriorating Working Conditions: Japanese Traditional Manufacturing Firms in Taiwan
Accompanying the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and remarkable growth of Taiwan’s …
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Silenced Voices at the TSMC Shareholders’ Meeting: Constant Overtime Work, High-Pressure Management, Union-Busting, and Frequent Industrial Accidents
TSMC is undoubtedly the most critical company in Taiwan, often revered as the “sacred mountain…
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Taiwan’s May Day Rally: A Struggle for Migrant Worker Rights Amid Growing Social Divisions
Taiwan’s 2026 rally for May Day, or International Workers’ Day, focused on expanding and improving t…
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Related reading What You Need to Know About the Potential Strike at Micron Taiwan For an updated gli…
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Suppression of Union Organizing by a Major Domestic Corporation: Achem Technology Corporation
by 共力研究社 (TPEC)This article analyzes Wanhua Chemical (formerly Asia Chemical) as a case study of the structural limits of Taiwan’s unfair labor practice system. Since its incorporation into a larger corporate group in 2013, the company has faced repeated labor disputes involving union leaders and, more recently, migrant workers seeking union membership. Although labor authorities have issued formal rulings, these interventions have often failed to prevent continued pressure on union activity. The article highlights how legal remedies tend to operate after harm has occurred and how labor brokers, while not legally defined as employers, wield substantial influence over migrant workers. It argues that without stronger preventive mechanisms, unfair labor practices risk becoming a manageable cost rather than an effective deterrent.