
加班無報酬及休假
Members of the Taiwan Railway Labor Union may strike this fall, affecting train travel in Taiwan during both the Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ten National Day holidays.
台鐵司機工會的成員可能在今年秋天罷工,影響到台灣在中秋節和雙十國慶假日期間的列車出行。
member(n.)成員union(n.)工會
Taiwan Railways Administration workers and their unions are unhappy about the government not making laws dealing with the issues of working hours, overtime pay and safety.
台灣鐵路管理局的工作人員和他們的工會對政府未制定有關工時、加班工資和安全問題的法規感到不滿。
be dissatisfied with對~感到不滿意implement(v.)執行、實施deal with應對、處理
Under current laws, TRA drivers can earn days off for working overtime on weekends.
根據現行法律,台鐵司機可以因週末加班而獲得休假。
work overtime加班工作=put in extra hours
However, they feel that their job requirements, such as having to be available two hours before their shifts start, do not allow them to take time off.
然而,他們認為他們的工作要求,比如必須在班次開始前兩小時待命,讓他們無法休息。
requirement(n.)要求require(v.)要求available(adj.)獲得的、有空的shift(n.)班次night shift夜班day shift日班graveyard shift大夜班
Furthermore, since they are not allowed to trade days off for cash, drivers end up “working overtime for no pay and no time off.”
此外,由於他們不能用休假換取現金,司機最終「加班工作卻無報酬且無休假」。
furthermore(adv.)此外=besides=moreovertrade A for B 拿A換Bend up到頭來=wind up
In addition, safety concerns, including the delay in emergency stopping times for some trains, have made working conditions stressful for many drivers.
此外,一些列車的緊急停車時間延遲等安全疑慮讓許多司機的工作環境變得壓力重重。
safety concerns安全疑慮delay(n.)(v.)延遲=put offconditions(n.)環境stressful(adj.)令人壓力大的stressed(adj.)感到壓力的
Following TRA employee protests last year, the government started working on making extra laws to support the existing Act for the Establishment of the State-owned Taiwan Railway Company.
繼去年台鐵員工抗議之後,政府開始制定額外的法律來支持現有的《國營臺灣鐵路股份有限公司設置條例》。
protest(n.)抗議、抗爭work on從事existing(adj.)現有的act(n.)法案
However, because there has been little progress so far, the Taiwan Railway Labor Union secretary-general has said that striking may be the only way for drivers to have their voices heard.
然而,由於迄今進展不大,台鐵司機工會秘書長表示,罷工可能是司機們讓自己的聲音被聽到的唯一途徑。
progress(n.)進展so far目前為止make progress取得進步=make strideshave one’s voice heard讓某人聲音被聽見
The TRA is currently in talks with several unions to understand their demands and avoid more protests.
台鐵目前正在與幾個工會進行談判,以了解他們的訴求,避免更多的抗議行動。
be in talks with和~進行談判demand(n.)訴求、要求