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Foreign Labor

Foreign Labor. Pumpkin, Claire, Michelle, Shana, Kevin, Nancy. Introduction. Not only south-east Asian blue-collar workers Compared to the white-collar, the blue-collar is Institutionally discriminated not protected by 勞基法 Better to call “migrant worker” ( 移工 ).

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Foreign Labor

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  1. Foreign Labor Pumpkin, Claire, Michelle, Shana, Kevin, Nancy

  2. Introduction • Not only south-east Asian blue-collar workers • Compared to the white-collar, the blue-collar is Institutionally discriminated not protected by 勞基法 • Better to call “migrant worker” (移工)

  3. Reasonstousherinthemigrantworkers: • “Supplement” inadequate domestic workers • Expansion of higher education • Changesofwork values

  4. Employer apply for official qualification Employer signs with agency Interview Foreign agency advertise to attract workers Come to Taiwan Workers apply for exit

  5. The Barthel Index consists of 10 items that measure a person's daily functioning specifically the activities of daily living and mobility.

  6. THE INCENTIVES High wages Ambitious expectation New life

  7. High Wages • Low-developed countries : Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippine…etc. • Few opportunity to find a job • A job with poor salary • The massive difference in different currency.

  8. Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) and New Taiwan Dollars (NTD) currency exchange rate • The Indonesian Rupiah is the currency in Indonesia (ID, IDN). The symbol for IDR can be written Rp. • 1.0 TWD = 285.714285714 IDR • 300 IDR = 1.05 TWD

  9. Vietnamese đồng and New Taiwan Dollars (NTD) currency exchange rate • The đồng is the currency of Vietnam. • 100.0 VND = 0.1683 TWD • 1.0 TWD = 594.125574 VND

  10. Ambitious Expectation • Great Ambition. • Working abroad as a glory. • A sense of achievement. New Life • Miserable lives in original countries. • Look forward to the developed and high-civilized society. • Get rid off the local burdens and limitations.

  11. The Agency System

  12. Quota • Maximum control: 3 native labors1 foreign labor • Not allow to change employer at will • Employment Services Act: if the employer deceased, he/she can transfer to work for new employer within 2 months; otherwise, he/she should be repatriated.

  13. Problems • Agents: rather repatriate the foreign worker to get new quota and earn the agency fee • Case: Ask the foreign labor to run errands notify the police of “escape” the foreign labor being caught, repatriated the agent apply for new quota

  14. Exploitation

  15. Agency Fee • Council of Labor Affairs: no more than the foreign labor’s base pay (15,840) • Illegal agency: range from90,000~200,000 • Deduct from the foreign labor’s payment directly (usually include some excessive/illegal charge) • Also need to pay for native country's agency

  16. How Much do They Get? • 3 years’ income: around 750,000= base pay 15,840/month + overtime 88~132/hr + incentive pay 1,000~2,000/month + average pay 21,000/month • 3 years’ expense: around 450,000 = agency fee 120,000 + administrative expenses 60,000 + health checkup 9,000 + residence permit charge 3,000 + board and lodging 108,000 + labor/health insurance 14,040 + air ticket per year 24,000 + forced savings 108,000+ living expenses 36,000 • After working for 3 years: • 750,000 – 450,000 = 300,000

  17. In Reality… • Insufficient payment • Improper deduction by agent • Without basic labor/health insurance • Without deserved rest/holiday • Residence permit/passport/cell phone are detained by agent • Example: Joseph’s story

  18. Conclusion • Unreasonable high agency fee • Forbid to change employer at will • Inhuman management/exploitation the main reason that cause foreign labors to run away A foreign labor who worked as a fisherman, trying to escape from the mean agent but fall from the third floor, seriously injured. 

  19. Discrimination • Three Indonesian Muslim workers forced to eat pork in Taiwan –AP,10 May 2010 • Abuse case shows lack of knowledge of Muslim culture: Arab officials -CAN,22 May 2010

  20. Muslim migrant workers rally for their religious rights

  21. Discrimination • Employer asks Muslim migrant labor tofill out a guarantee before they work: • Able to eat pork • Able to take care of dogs • Not to perform salat

  22. Maltreatment • Work more than 18hours a day • Be imprisoned to prevent from running away • Take care of employer’s life after work

  23. 1 9 5 5 • Four languages: Thai, Vietnamese, Filipino and Indonesian • To help migrant labor out for discrimination and maltreatment • Cases are handled by local government Ｎot Ｅfficient

  24. Employer’s Stances

  25. Native vs. Foreign • Native labors don’t take the 3D jobs. (3D: Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous)

  26. Native vs. Foreign (Domestic Labor)

  27. Woman and Domestic Labor • The traditional pressure of housekeeping • The outsourcing chain of domestic labor Taiwan woman (richer)↓hire Philippine woman (normal)↓hirePhilippine woman (poorer)

  28. Concerns • Runaway • Crime • Self-identification(e.g. cultural or racial superiority, good mothers and good wives)

  29. The Story of Culture: to be, or not to be a Taiwanese

  30. Background insufficient working opportunities better working condition higher salary

  31. Official Activities— SongkranFestival Songkran Festival in Chung-Ho

  32. Business Exchange Market Philippine Street Burban Street Thai Street

  33. Religion ST. Christoph Church on Chung-Shan North Road The mosque on Hsin-Sheng South Road

  34. Cuisines—Thai food

  35. Cuisine—Vietnamese Food

  36. Cuisine—Burman Food

  37. Cuisine—Indonesian Food

  38. POPO-CHIACHIA—Malaysian Food

  39. Discussion • 1. How do you view the trend of foreign brides? • 2. Is there any foreign bride live close to your neighborhood? How do you feel about them? • 3. After listening to our presentation, what do you think that we can do to improve this situation?

  40. 4. Talk about your impression or experience about foreign labor in Taiwan. 5. After you graduate, you get married and have to go to work. You need a domestic helper to take care of your housework and kids. Would you prefer hiring a native worker or a foreign worker? Why? 6. Do you think that the foreign labors influence the unemployment rate in Taiwan? 7. Imagine someday you cannot find a job in Taiwan, and you heard there is plenty of domestic helper jobs in Mainland China or Japan . How high should the salary be for you to accept the job?

  41. Grade your group: • Group leaders give a grade to each of your group members at the end of the day. • Rules: • Grade on a bell curve • Only 1 person can get an A • One person must get below a B

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