http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/16/taiwan-if-you-lost-your-job/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 30 May 2012 04:27:02 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/16/taiwan-if-you-lost-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1802259 Taiwan: Netizens React to Diplomat Accused of Abusing Domestic Labor · Global Voices Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:32:11 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=67519#comment-1802259 [...] can see past reports on Taiwan and labor issues here, here, and here. By the way, foreign housekeepers and carers in Taiwan still have no legal right to labor [...] [...] can see past reports on Taiwan and labor issues here, here, and here. By the way, foreign housekeepers and carers in Taiwan still have no legal right to labor [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/16/taiwan-if-you-lost-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-1563510 Global Voices Online » Global recession: The world is talking. Are we listening? Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:56:17 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=67519#comment-1563510 [...] A labor activist in Taiwan criticizes commentaries which blame unemployed individuals while ignoring the shortcomings of the social system: 台灣的失業工人之所以會獨自走向貧窮、燒炭的命運，很大部分正是因為我們長期把失業當成個別勞工的錯誤與罪過，卻錯失集體面對、思考制度結構嚴重缺損的問題。如何透過這次因權貴階級把玩資本遊戲，而讓無辜勞工承擔痛苦的大失業潮，讓大眾至少能在「失業不只是我的錯」這個共識下，思考並推動妥善處理失業創傷的制度療法，才是一個正確的理絡，絕對不該再走回高唱勞工自我調適、增值的老路上。 The reason why Taiwanese unemployed workers have to face poverty alone and commit suicide by burning coals is, for the most part, that we always treat unemployment as a fault and error of individual labour, while we fail to collectively face and reflect upon the serious shortcomings of social system and structure. We should make it clear that it is the power elites' capital game that leads to massive unemployment and people's suffering, hence, to reach a public consensus that “I lost my job and it is not just my fault”. Such consensus is the base for further reflection and advocacy for a systematic cure that can deal with the pain of unemployment. We should not go back to the old way that asks workers to adjust themselves and increase their own value. [...] [...] A labor activist in Taiwan criticizes commentaries which blame unemployed individuals while ignoring the shortcomings of the social system: 台灣的失業工人之所以會獨自走向貧窮、燒炭的命運，很大部分正是因為我們長期把失業當成個別勞工的錯誤與罪過，卻錯失集體面對、思考制度結構嚴重缺損的問題。如何透過這次因權貴階級把玩資本遊戲，而讓無辜勞工承擔痛苦的大失業潮，讓大眾至少能在「失業不只是我的錯」這個共識下，思考並推動妥善處理失業創傷的制度療法，才是一個正確的理絡，絕對不該再走回高唱勞工自我調適、增值的老路上。 The reason why Taiwanese unemployed workers have to face poverty alone and commit suicide by burning coals is, for the most part, that we always treat unemployment as a fault and error of individual labour, while we fail to collectively face and reflect upon the serious shortcomings of social system and structure. We should make it clear that it is the power elites' capital game that leads to massive unemployment and people's suffering, hence, to reach a public consensus that “I lost my job and it is not just my fault”. Such consensus is the base for further reflection and advocacy for a systematic cure that can deal with the pain of unemployment. We should not go back to the old way that asks workers to adjust themselves and increase their own value. [...]

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