Distressed CAL employee shaves hair over company flight bans

On the evening of January 22, the Third Branch of China Airlines Employees’ Union (華航三分會) held a "hardship" year-end dinner party which unexpectedly led to the suspension of 4 CAL flight attendants and 1 pilot. On January 29, labor union members marched on CAL’s Taipei branch office with chants of “Lawless CAL suppresses labor unions.” Shaving his head in protest, suspended flight attendant Zhang Shu-yuan (張書元) joined the protest, as did former CAL pilot Zhou Zong-wei (卓棕偉), who was dismissed from the company two years ago. Zhou Zong-wei walked with a raised black umbrella, symbolizing CAL’s dark and lawless nature. 

The 4 CAL flight attendants and 1 pilot were suspended for a "lack of patience, lack of discipline,” and “ lack of coolness," which CAL said rendered them incapable of adequately serving passengers. Among the four employees, one was formerly bestowed with a model worker award, and one served as flight attendant to President Ma Ying-jeou on his trip to Haiti for disaster relief.

The labor unions of Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific (香港國泰), Dragonair (港龍), British Airways (英國航空) and Jardine Aviation (怡中航空) issued a joint statement calling on China Airlines to immediately reinstate union members. In addition, overseas students launched a petition campaign, saying that until CAL revokes “suspensions”, “dismissals” and any other “improper action,” they will refuse from taking any CAL flights. Moreover, there are currently 1.4 million people participating in a “Boycott China Airlines” Facebook activity.

Distressed CAL employee shaves hair over company flight bans  

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停飛刁難 華航空服員落髮抗議

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華航三分會於本月22日晚間在華航台北分公司前舉辦「憐荒」尾牙活動，未料4名空服員及1名機師卻隨即遭停飛。勞工團體於1月29日至華航台北分公司高喊，「打壓工會，無法無天」，遭停飛處分的華航空服員張書元落髮抗議。而2年前遭華航開除的機師卓棕偉也在其背後舉起一把黑傘，象徵著華航「無法(髮)無天」的舉動。

停飛的4名空服員及1名機師遭華航以「缺乏耐心、不守紀律、不夠冷靜」無法服務乘客。其中，卻有4名員工曾獲頒模範勞工，甚至有1名空服員曾經服務過總統馬英九前往海地賑災。

香港國泰、港龍、英國航空及怡中航空工會，聯合發表聲明，要求華航公司立刻將工會幹部復職，此外，海外留學生也自發性發起連署，並表示，在華航公司撤銷「停飛」或「撤職」等不當處分之前，將不會搭乘華航飛機，而臉書「拒搭華航」相關活動目前已有1.4萬人參加。