Taiwan | Eva Airways fails to sign agreement with union, strike continues

Taiwan’s Eva Airways Corp. failed to come to terms with representatives of striking flight attendants on Saturday night, and will renegotiate with workers tomorrow, a union said.

The strike will continue until a collective agreement is signed, the union said in a statement posted on its Facebook page at midnight. Among the issues for negotiation that broke down was the carrier’s refusal to withdraw punitive measures against flight attendants, according to a statement issued by the company.

The action started on June 20 and involves more than 2,300 workers. The cancellation of 392 flights between June 20 and 28 caused revenue losses of NT$1.75 billion (USD56 million), the company said late Friday in a statement to the Taiwan stock exchange. Miaojung Lin, Bloomberg

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