EVA Cabins’ Strike Shakes Taiwanese Society
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The largest and longest strike in the history of Taiwan’s airline industry occurred only 2 days after the announcement of the SKYTRAX Award on the 18th of June, 2019. The strike, which lasted for 17 days, was organized by the Taoyuan Flight Attendants’ Union (TFAU). More than 2,000 employees from EVA Air, the largest privately-owned Taiwanese airline, participated. The protesters demanded improved wages and contracts. Since the beginning of 2019, EVA Air has been heavily criticized for their treatment of their employee—the airline is known to be unresponsive to the employees’ demands while vigorously maintaining its positive image regardless of the employees’ state of mind. This strike could have been influenced by the success of the legendary 2016 strike by China Airlines, and the early 2019 strike by the pilots of the same airline.
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