The EVA Air Enterprise Union, the Taoyuan City Flight Attendant Professional Union, and the Taoyuan City Industry Federation held a press conference at the gate of EVA Air, shouting "EVA Air no longer breaks the law, give me back my special leave schedule" and "Airport manpower needs to be replenished." appeal.

(Photo by reporter Zheng Shuting)

[Reporter Zheng Shuting/Taoyuan Report] The aviation industry has gradually resumed flights as the country’s borders were lifted. EVA Air was accused of failing to face up to the problem of manpower shortage. The aviation enterprise trade union, the Taoyuan City flight attendant professional union, and the Taoyuan City Industrial Federation held a press conference at the gate of EVA Airline in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City today, shouting "Evergreen stop breaking the law and give me back my right to schedule special vacations", "Airport manpower needs to be supplemented" appeal.

In this regard, EVA Air stated that regarding the arrangement of special leave for employees, it is in accordance with the provisions of the Labor Standards Act and respects the wishes of employees. If the time of leave and the number of people are too concentrated, which affects the normal operation of the company, the company will also follow the regulations with employees. Negotiate and try our best to meet the employees' leave needs. Regarding the suggestions put forward by the labor union, the company will meet the employees' leave needs on the premise that it complies with regulations and the flight can operate normally without affecting the rights and interests of passengers.

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The EVA Air statement also pointed out that EVA Air will give priority to choosing the flight you want to fly, flexibly transfer with other flight attendants, or apply for a specified date of leave for those who apply for special leave according to the company's regulations before scheduling. There are also contribution points for vacation attendance, which is a long-established reward system. The union requires flight attendants who take temporary leave to enjoy the same rewards, and instead accuses the company of punishing flight attendants who apply for special leave. This is wrong. , Interfering with the company's management rights, and also affecting the rights and interests of most flight attendants.

The labor union said that aviation employees have become more and more busy since October, and special leave is an important channel to adjust and relieve the body and mind. However, Evergreen has rejected a large number of special leave schedules for ground staff in November and December. We call on Evergreen to stop such behavior immediately, solve the problem of manpower shortage at the airport as soon as possible, and revoke the "Schedule Stabilization Plan" that punishes flight attendants on special leave.

Cai Shengxu, vice chairman of Evergreen Enterprise Engineering and Evergreen ground staff, said that airlines have resumed flights one after another, but they have not made up for the corresponding manpower for ground operations. In regular communication meetings or regular consultation meetings, they have repeatedly reported to the company and have not responded in good faith. Instead, it is reducing the special leave schedule to meet the insufficient manpower demand. In recent years, because special leave has not been scheduled by the labor force, Evergreen has been punished 6 times. The most recent one was a labor inspection in early November, and the result has not yet been released.

Su Yehong, director of Evergreen Enterprise Engineering, who is also Evergreen ground support, said that there were about 100 manpower in the department before the epidemic, and about 80 people were left due to resignation and secondment during the epidemic. Before the epidemic, they were in charge of counter and boarding gate services. Including luggage, ticketing, etc., manpower is very tight. In the future, flights will only increase and not decrease. There are also Spring Festival and 228 consecutive holidays. Now the company cannot afford special leave, and there is no plan to replenish manpower. When will this situation last? ?

Zhou Peiru, an EVA flight attendant from the Taoyuan City Flight Attendant Professional Union, said that the company not only rejected the application for special leave for ground staff, but also formulated a series of punishment regulations for flight attendants, so that flight attendants who applied for special leave could not enjoy full-time treatment. It is the responsibility to attend each job according to the shift schedule, but it does not mean that the team members who have invited special leave have not contributed enough to the company. This is a "punishment regulation" and "disadvantageous treatment". The labor union also stated that EVA Air's move is illegal The Supreme Administrative Court ruled that "no other conditions for exercising the scheduling right shall be imposed."

The union stated that before the protests, EVA Air issued a new announcement that all special rest will be given to employees if they expressly agree, and they will not be moved without express consent. EVA Air will review the schedule of EVA Air in December, and if it cannot be given, it will be It means that the airport is indeed short of manpower, the problem of manpower shortage is unresolved, and the problem of special holiday scheduling is also unresolved.

The EVA Air Enterprise Union, the Taoyuan City Flight Attendant Professional Union, and the Taoyuan City Industry Federation held a press conference at the gate of EVA Air, shouting "EVA Air no longer breaks the law, give me back my special leave schedule" and "Airport manpower needs to be replenished." appeal.

(Photo by reporter Zheng Shuting)

The ground staff of EVA Air came forward to explain the issue of the special leave schedule.

(Photo by reporter Zheng Shuting)