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Taiwan: Ministry of Labor = Ministry of slave-trafficking!

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by Fish Ip published Mar 12, 2015 12:42 AM
A press release by Taiwan International Workers Association (MENT)

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★★★ 勞動部=奴工販運部!! ★★★
★★★Ministry of Labor = Ministry of slave-trafficking! ★★★

2015/03/12 台灣移工聯盟(MENT)新聞稿
Press Release on 12 March 2015 by Taiwan International Workers Association (MENT)

自去年(2014)11月起,勞動部就頻頻向社會散放訊息,表示印尼政府可能在2017年停止輸出印尼勞工到台灣。這樣的消息,不但造成社會大眾對於看護工將面臨短缺的緊張;更起了相當大的誤導作用,讓台灣民眾認為是因為印尼經濟轉好,所以不願意再輸出印尼勞工到台灣。除了潛移默化地讓焦點轉移到「印尼政府的不是」之外,更加深台灣社會對於「他國」的國族憤恨。

Since November 2014, the Ministry of Labor in Taiwan has been frequently releasing news saying that Indonesian government may stop its workers to come to Taiwan. Such news has caused public worries over shortage of care-workers. It is also misleading the general public of Taiwan – Taiwanese may think that Indonesia government is no more sending Indonesian workers overseas as its economy has improved. This has been shifting the public attention to Indonesian government and has caused anger against another country.

★勞動部不改善家務工勞動條件才是印勞不再來台的主因
★The reason why Indonesian migrants may no more coming to Taiwan to work: Rejection by Ministry of Labor to improve the working condition of migrant domestic workers

勞動部掩蓋的事實是:印尼政府決定不再輸出印尼看護工來台,是因為台灣政府不同意印尼政府在「台印勞工會議」提出的幾個條件,包括「看護工應適用基本工資」、「仲介服務費改由雇主負擔」。

What the Ministry of Labor does not reveal to the public was: Indonesian government decides not to allow Indonesian care workers to Taiwan because the government of Taiwan disagrees to several conditions raised by Indonesian government. These include “minimum wage protection for care workers”, “agency fee to be shouldered by employers”.

因為台灣的外籍家務工薪資已經18年未調整,每月15840的薪資,扣掉國、內外仲介費用、健保費等,第一年每個月勞工實際領到的薪資不到NT7000。且家務勞工的工時,根據勞動部的調查顯示,每日工時高達14-18小時,更有將近10萬名家務移工全年無休!

The wage level of migrant domestic workers has been the same for 18 years. It has been NT15,840 (Taiwan New Dollar) per month. After wage deduction for agency fee inside and outside Taiwan, health insurance etc, a migrant domestic worker gets less than NT7,000 per month in the first working year. They work long hours too. According to a survey done by Ministry of Labor, migrant domestic workers work on average for 14-18 hours per day. Nearly 100,000 migrant domestic workers do not enjoy a single day of rest all year long!

佔台灣家務移工最大比例的印尼政府,因而提要求台灣政府改善家務移工勞動條件的要求。勞動部在面對印尼政府要求改善家務移工勞動條件時,不但不思台灣奴工政策的缺失,反而將照護人力短缺的責任推給他國政府,可恥地堅持「家務奴工政策」!

Taiwan has currently the biggest number of migrant domestic workers from Indonesia. Therefore, Indonesia government demands Taiwan to improve working conditions of migrant domestic workers. The Ministry of Labor does not recognize its failure in protection of migrant domestic workers’ rights which has led to slavery situation of workers. What is more, it puts the responsibility of labor shortage to other governments so that it can shamefully maintain its “domestic worker slavery policy”!

★勞動部販運奴工 與越南政府從事跨國的組織性犯罪
★Slave trafficking by Ministry of Labor – A cross-border organized crime in cooperation with the government of Vietnam

面對將成為2016總統選舉口水票的長照制度缺乏照護人力的狀況,衛福部在長照服務法中維持照護人力的「雙軌制」,讓家務移工(奴工)繼續成為照顧方式的選項;勞動部在拒絕印尼政府要求提升家務工勞動條件的同時,繼續四處尋找奴工,包括解凍越南看護工、洽談緬甸、斯里蘭卡輸出勞工到台灣的可能性等等。

The issue of labor shortage in carework for households will be a focus in the coming 2016 presidential election. The Ministry of Health and Welfare maintains a “double-track system” in long-term care service act which maintains migrant domestic workers (in slavery like conditions) continue to be the main option for Taiwanese. The Ministry of Labor rejects government of Indonesia to improve working conditions of domestic workers. It at the same time seeks for other migrant domestic workers who will be forced to work like slaves from other countries, including Vietnam, Burma, Sri Lanka etc.

勞動部自失維護勞工權益的立場,不思改進國際惡名的奴工政策,反而四處尋找奴工來源,形同奴隸販子,也讓台灣繼續淪為奴工之國,在國際上徒留剝奪移工人權的惡名。

The Ministry of Labor does not protect labor rights. It is not reviewing its labor slavery policy which has brought Taiwan bad reputation. It seeks for slavery like migrant workers from other countries. This is just like slave trafficking. Taiwan becomes the country with slaves. It carries a bad name of abusing the human rights of migrant workers.

印尼政府以停止輸出家務工來台,作為談判提高印尼家務工勞動條件的方式,而勞動部則以解凍越南勞工來台做為反擊印尼政府的籌碼(同時也四處向他國尋找奴工—稱為「爭取增加外勞來源國」)。勞動部這樣的行為其實與對抗工人抗爭的惡劣資本家無異:尋找替代勞動力瓦解工人抗爭!!,而另一奴工來源國越南,其政府跟台灣政府一樣,不願意處理越南勞工被收取高達6千至7千美金(約19-22萬台幣、約家務工第一年每個月實領薪資的25-30倍)的來台仲介費用問題;對於逃跑外勞,越南政府(與台灣政府一樣)也祭出嚴刑峻罰以維持奴工的輸出賺取外匯—有「逃跑」註記的越南勞工,被台灣政府遣返後,將再被越南政府處罰新台幣12到15萬的罰金。

The government of Indonesia negotiates with Taiwan government for betterment of Indonesian migrant domestic workers with the condition of stopping Indonesians to come to Taiwan to work. However, Taiwan government is considering to life the ban on Vietnamese domestic workers in response. (Meanwhile, it seeks for migrant domestic workers from more countries to “increase the source of migrant workers”). This kind of action is similar to capitalists: to look for source of other workers to crack down workers’ struggle!! Vietnam, as a country of origin of migrant workers in slavery like conditions, is like Taiwan. It also rejects to solve the problems of excessive agency fee sucked from workers which is as high as 6,000-7,000 USD (around NT190,000-220,000 which is 25-30 times of workers’ first month salary).On the issue of runaway migrant workers, Government of Vietnam (similar to Taiwan) also imposes heavy punishment on Vietnamese runaway workers: the deported workers will be heavily fined with NT120,000-150,000 by government of Vietnam.

對於所謂的「現代」社會為什麼還會有「逃跑勞工」的「封建奴隸」制度設計、對於勞工為什麼選擇用腳投票的原因,勞動部完全置之不理!只要維持奴工制度的存在,繼續豢養台灣人民依賴移工的習慣,就可以免除其面對台灣社會不但長期沒有照顧制度,將來也不會期待政府努力建立的壓力!

The Ministry of Labor turns blind eyes to cause of “runaway workers’in ‘modern society’, to the policy which allows workers who work like‘slaves in feudal society’, to reason why workers go for rallies and demonstrations. It keeps on maintaining slavery like policy. It keeps Taiwan to rely on migrant workers on care service. It rejects to shoulder the government responsibility in long-term care service.

我們嚴厲譴責勞動部這種跨國聯手販運奴工的可恥作為!
We condemn the Ministry of Labor for shamefully commit in cross-border slave trafficking!

我們要求,立即改善家務工勞動條件!
We demand for improvement of working conditions of domestic workers NOW!

台灣移工聯盟
Taiwan International Workers Association

(English translation by Fish IP, IDWF) 

Source: Taiwan International Workers Association

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