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(music and dancing)
Today we are here for the activity of One Billion Rising.
The reason why we hold this activity is because we want everyone to pay attention on the circumstances of migrant workers
There are two migrant workers' groups on the spot One is ATKI-Taiwan comes from Indonesia, the other is Migrant International-Taiwan Chapter comes from Philippines
One Billion Rising is a global movement which takes place in every country on February 14
This movement is against every violence and injustice on the females through dancing
In Taiwan, these two groups has been taken over this movement since last year 0:01:20,0:01:26 They are also hoping everyone to pay attention to the exploitation and injustice on migrant workers
(music and dancing)
Justice for all migrant workers
Justice for all migrant workers
We are workers We are not slaves
We are workers we are not slaves
Thank you
There were a famous mistreat event on Erwiana in Hong Kong last month
The kinds of events are of common occurrence in Taiwan
In Tainan, a migrant worker from Indonesia was laid out when he was working
He has been in a coma for three months
However, the Bureau of Labor and the local police denied the exploitation from the work and the employer because there is no direct injury
We think this is really unbelievable
We hope everyone can care about the violence on migrant workers and end every violence on migrant workers in law, system, families and factories
(Lukman, the president of ATKI-Taiwan)
There are much legislation can not protect migrant workers and we think it is unequal to migrant workers
He says that migrant workers can just go abroad for working via agencies
But the agencies are only care about the profits so migrant workers are not protective
The agencies take them over from The governments but they just want to gain the profits by it So it is really unprotected for migrant workers
In Indonesia, migrant workers must be taken over by job training which is also the agency
He says that the agency should be abolished And the agency should not be a compulsory legislation but a choice
He says that the legislation between country and country can be one choice and the agency will be the other choice
not just like nowadays, migrant workers must be taken over by agencies
Works out of permission mainly happen on domestic workers
Their work is to take care of the elders in the beginning
However, when they come to Taiwan, their works turn out to be sweeping and cleaning up the house or look after the shops
Domestic workers do not have stable holidays but workers in factories usually have holidays.
So the problems of holidays usually belong to domestic workers
He says the main issue domestic workers have to face is that they have to be on standby for 24 hours
That is a really serious problem
As for the workers in factories they seldom face that problem because they are protected by the legislation
But when domestic workers face that problem they can only seek agencies for help
However, when the agencies have some problems or they do not want to help domestic workers
Most of domestic workers can just endure it when they encounter that problem
Most of them do not have holidays for the whole year
we ask the issues of domestic workers should be protected by Labor Law and we also ask to stop every unequal treatment and exploitation on migrant workers in law
We should let the laws to connect to the world
So that our migrant workers can have the rights of being human and have dignity
The Labor Law in Taiwan is not applicable to domestic workers from domestic or foreign countries
So their working-hours and pay are not protected by Labor Law which means it is not illegal no matter how many hours they spend on work
As for their pay, it is also lower than the rule in Labor Law
The basic wage in Labor Law is over NTD$19,000 now
However, migrant domestic workers' pay is NTD$15,840 and they do not have one-day holiday
Those who can take a short holiday on Sunday are just luckier than others
Some have short break only when they have been working for two weeks, one month or longer time
Many employers and agencies hold migrant workers' passports
They also ask them to pay more money
Migrant workers have been permitted to pay back the loans that they borrow from their original countries per month since several years ago in Taiwan
However, money they pay back are extra
Actually many migrant workers do not have loans at all 0:07:40,0:07:42 And it is really common