1000 CAL employees hold “hardship” year-end dinner party amid shrinking bonuses

In spite of the fact that China Airlines (CAL) netted an annual revenue of NT$149.8 billion in 2014 – the second-highest in the company’s history – year-end bonuses dropped to below that of last year. As a result this anomaly, on the 22nd of January nearly a thousand airline employees staged a protest in front of CAL’s Taipei branch office, where a "hardship" year-end dinner party was held to highlight CAL’s paradoxical “high revenue, low bonus” stance. Attending the gathering to express solidarity with workers, Lai Hsiang-ling (賴香伶), Director of Taipei City Department of Labor (台北市勞工局), said that if it is necessary for New Taipei City and Taoyuan City to conduct joint labor inspections, "…then we will do just that and work together."

CAL intends to give its employees a flat year-end bonus of NT$20,000, in addition to NT$15,000 from the Employees' Welfare Committee and a NT$10,000 Chinese New Year gift – adding up to a total year-end bonus of NT$45,000. The Third Branch of China Airlines Employees’ Union said that welfare benefits should not be calculated into the year-end bonus, and pointed out that the Chinese New Year gift is a fixed annual payment; in reality, CAL is only paying out a NT$20,000 year-end bonus. In addition to providing sticky rice and various other foods at the protest, in a lottery draw aimed at mocking CAL, prizes included: iodine solution; pain patches; hair pluckers; Red-Bull-style energy drinks, and ''FUCK'' T-shirts. Countless years of unreasonable incentives and regulations have resulted in a poor working environment for CAL employees.

1000 CAL employees hold “hardship” year-end dinner party amid shrinking bonuses 

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(以下是中文對照)
年終獎金大縮水 千名華航員工辦「憐荒」尾牙

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華航於2014年營收近1498億為歷史次高，但今年年終獎金卻比去年少，因此，近千名華航員工於1月22日在華航台北分公司前舉辦一場「憐荒」尾牙，諷刺華航「高營收，低獲利」的情況。台北市勞工局局長賴香伶也到場聲援勞工並表示，如果需要新北市、桃園市進行聯合勞檢稽查，「那我們就一起來行動」。
 
華航在年終獎金協商時，只發給員工2萬元激勵獎金，職福會加發1.5萬以及春節禮金1萬元，宣稱一共4.5萬元是給員工的年終大禮。華航工會第三分會表示，福利金不應併入年終獎金計算，而春節禮金則是每年固定發放，實際上華航只拿出2萬元的年終獎金。
 
現場除了提供油飯等食物外，現場也進行摸彩活動，獎品包括：「優碘(點)」、「酸痛貼布」、「拔毛夾」、「蠻牛」等藉以諷刺華航，多年來不合理的獎勵及規定造成員工的工作環境不佳。