ÿþ<HTML> <head> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html"> <meta NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Taiwan Labor, labor party, labour party, organizing, labor movement, Taiwan labor movements, Taiwan"> <title>Taiwan Labor Front</title> </head> <body LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#800080"> <img SRC="Image22.gif" WIDTH=90 HEIGHT=119></font><b><font SIZE=5>Taiwan Labor Front & </font><font SIZE=5> </font><font SIZE=4>since 1984</p> <BR><BR> 0<img ALIGN="bottom" SRC="zbapurp.gif" WIDTH="14" HEIGHT="14"> <img SRC='newest.gif' BORDER=0, HEIGHT=16 WIDTH=36> <A HREF="http://labor.ngo.org.tw/tlf/tlf2005.pdf" HREF="http://labor.ngo.org.tw/news/n250822.htm" TARGET="mainframe"> Building Democratizations and Equality in Asia and the Pacific Efforts of Taiwan, efforts of the Taiwan Labour Front</A> (2005.12) <p>The first labor activist organization </p> </b></font><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><img SRC="Image23.gif" WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30><b>Past and Present</p> </font><i><font COLOR="#ff0000"><p>&#9;</font> <font COLOR="#ff0000">T</b></font>aiwan Labor Front </i>(TLF), born on the May Day of 1984 under the threat of martial law, is the first labor activist organization in Taiwan. TLF provided free legal consultation for workers, and played an important role in awakening labor consciousness in those days. </p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;After the lifting of martial law, TLF helped to organize the first postwar strikes in 1988, and started to focus on labor education and union organizing. </p> <p>&#9;Following the political liberalization in 1992, TLF started to wage political campaigns on labor rights issues. TLF helped to ignite the national debates on Plant Closing in 1992, on National Health Care in 1995, and on Industrial Democracy in 1996. Two TLF members went into the Parliament in 1996, and pushed to have the Labor Standards Law revised to extend its coverage to over two million workers in the service sector. </p> <p>&#9;In early 2000, TLF published "Where Taiwanese Workers Stand", which was mostly adapted by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party as its presidential Labor Policy platform. DPP's candidate Chen Shui-Bian later won the election.</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><img SRC="Image23.gif" WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30><b>Goal of TLF </p> </b><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">To unite the working class and other progressive forces to build a new society without exploitation, where people enjoy freedom and equal access to resources.</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><img SRC="Image23.gif" WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30><b>TLF Organization</p><dir> <dir> <dir> <dir> <dir> <dir> <p>Executive Board: </b>The National Executive Committee consists of union leaders from all over the country. There are also local chapters in four major cities.</font><b>&#9;</p></dir> </dir> </dir> </dir> </dir> </dir> </b></font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW"><p>Bo Liu, President &#9;(Electric Power Union)&#9;&#9;</p> <p>Bao-Rong Chen &#9;(Da-Ya Wire Union)&#9;&#9;&#9;Ching-hsien Huang &#9;(Petroleum Union)</p> <p>Wan-Chi Lai &#9;(First Bank Union)&#9;&#9;&#9;Chi-Chang Chen&#9;(Fertilizer Union)</p> <p>Cheng-hsien Bai &#9;(Tatung Appliance Union)&#9;&#9;Chao-Yang Li&#9;&#9;(Petroleum Union)</p> <p>Chun-hsien Chang &#9;(Taipei Bus Union)&#9;&#9;&#9;Wei-Ming Chao&#9;&#9;(Telecom Union)</p> <p>Shou-Huo Hsu &#9;(Tatung Appliance Union)&#9;&#9;Chao-Hui Lin&#9;&#9;(Postal Union)&#9;</p> <p>Jun-Fang Chen &#9;&#9;(Hua-Xia Chemical Union)&#9;Jian-Li Shi &#9;&#9;(Postal Union)&#9;</p> <p>Mu-Rong, Shih &#9;(First Bank Union)</p><dir> <dir> <dir> <dir> <b><p>Secretariat: </b>The Secretariat consists of 5 departments: Policy, Publicity, Administration, Organization &amp; Education, and International Affairs. </p></dir> </dir> </dir> </dir> <p>Guo-Wen Kuo &#9;</font><font FACE="jwiÔš">&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">(Secretary General)</p> <p>Feng-Yi Chang&#9;</font><font FACE="jwiÔš">&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">(Director, Policy)&#9;&#9;&#9;Shing-Ru Shen &#9;</font><font FACE="jwiÔš">&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">(Director Publicity)</p> <p>Liang-Rong Lin &#9;(Director, Education)&#9;&#9;</font><font FACE="jwiÔš">&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">Chin-hsin Liu &#9;&#9;(Director, International)</p> <p>Fu-Yu Shih&#9;&#9;(Director , Administrative)</font><font FACE="jwiÔš">&#9;&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">Vincent Zeng &#9;&#9;(Director, Organization)</p> <p>0</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><img SRC="Image23.gif" WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30><b>TLF Publications </p> </b><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">"The Case of Tatung" 'Y Tå]gnY%›òSÿ</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">A historical account of the union in an appliance company (2000)</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">"Where Taiwanese Workers Stand" ðScpÞRå]„v;N5_ÿ</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Major labor issues and policy proposals (2000)</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">"New Public Ownership" °e W g?eV{ ÿðScplßqS?eV{=~yb$Rÿ</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">An in-depth analysis of privatization in 1980's (1999)</p> </font><font FACE="jwiÔš"><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">"Self-defense Manual for Wage Earners" NísÏeckvu2–[ˆÿ</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">A labor law primer (AWE edition, 1999)</p> </font><font FACE="jwiÔš"><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">"Monitoring the Parliament" Ôš¢jËzÕlb–ÿ</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Evaluation of MPs' performace on labor issues (1998)</p> </font><font FACE="jwiÔš"><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">"Voting Guide for Workers" ÞRå]•bhycWSÿ</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">A voter's guide for the city and county election (1997)</p> </font><font FACE="jwiÔš"><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">"Industrial Democracy" "umil;NPþÀ‰õ_i—}Tÿ</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">A primer to promote the idea in Taiwan (1996)</p> </font><font FACE="jwiÔš"><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">"Understanding National Health Care in 30 minutes" NASR”†Nã‰hQlePÝOÿ</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Labor's viewpoint (1995)</p> </font><font FACE="jwiÔš"><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">"All You Want to Know about Privatization" lQßq‹NmilßqSåwY\ÿ</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">An introduction of the crisis (1993)</p> </font><font FACE="jwiÔš"><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;</font><font FACE="°e0}fÔš" LANG="ZH-TW">"The Labour" ÞRÕR€Ü–ŒŠÿ</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">A monthly labor magazine since 1984.</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><img SRC="Image23.gif" WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30><b>Recent TLF Projects</p> </b><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Labor Education: in cooperation with unions and community colleges.</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Policy Research: on labor and social policies.</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;' The Union Law </p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;' Act for the Regulation of Large Scale Lay-Off</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Labor Standards Monitoring: A joint project with International Labor Rights Fund (USA)</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">. The Yearbook of the Labor Situation in Taiwan</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><img SRC="Image23.gif" WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30><b>More TLF Information</p> </b><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Address: Suite 518, 5F-14. Secsion 1, 110 Han-Koa Street Taipei, Taiwan; ðSS^100-Nck@S"oãSWˆ1µk110_†5jKN14ÿ518¤[ ÿ </p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Tel: 886-2- 2311-0259, 2311-1921, 2311-5918; Fax: 886-2-2311-5901</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Email: labornet@tpts1.seed.net.tw Homepage: http//: labor.ngo.org.tw</p><br> <p align="center"><a href="mailto:labornet@tpts1.seed.net.tw">Send Email to us </a></font></body> </html>