Pingtung County promoted occupational safety and brought the migrant workers to the business district to eat and understand the local culture!

According to the "4wayvoice" report, migrant workers in various parts of Taiwan work very hard. For example, industrial migrant workers have a higher risk of occupational accidents, while family migrant workers often become victims of sexual harassment. This year, to strengthen the service and care for migrant workers in the county, the Pingtung County Labor and Youth Development Department (屏東縣勞動暨青年發展處) planned 4 sessions of occupational safety, workplace safety, sexual harassment, and other related promotional activities, for migrant workers from 4 countries including Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand. There were two sessions of walking study tours for migrant workers from the Philippines and Vietnam, which includes eating and window shopping for migrant workers to get to know and understand Pingtung.

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Migrant workers visit the business district to eat and learn about the local culture. Photo/Provided by Pingtung County Government

Director Huang Ding-Lun (黃鼎倫) of the Labor and Youth Development Department stated that the workplace safety training for migrant workers and related publicity activities such as sexual harassment are for the safety and health of the workers. Regardless of nationality, the Labor Youth Division will also assist all institutions to continuously improve the working environment, provide a safe workplace, to ensure the safety and health of workers. Director Huang Ding-Lun also urged the Vietnamese migrant workers who participated in the activities to work hard together and thanked them for their willingness to use this holiday to study together.

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The Pingtung County Government regularly announces decrees to the migrant workers. Photo/Provided by Pingtung County Government

Migrant workers said that this occupational safety course and lecture has many example videos and cases, reminding them of safety measures that they should pay attention to when working, and the questions and interactions with the teachers deepen the workers’ understanding with great results. What’s more special is to let them get to know Pingtung better through the market walking tour. Director Huang personally accompanied and participated. The former chairman of the Yazaki Labor Union, Kung Chi-Hung (龔啟宏), the current chairman Huang Shu-Mei (黃淑美) and the company’s associate Hideo also participated. They all expressed that today’s learning is very meaningful. In the future, they also know that they can come to the Central Market to find the taste of hometown.