輿論壓力下 華磐求償金額改為每名泰勞求償一元
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華磐公司對十四名外勞提出近兩千萬的民事賠償訴訟之後，外界譁然，甚至有人指華磐公司有錯再先，怎麼還敢事後提出損害賠償．在外界一片撻伐聲下，華磐公司不得不低頭，今天下午決定將求償金額改為每一名泰勞求償一元，總共求償14元．（林憲源報導）
華磐公司原本對十四名泰勞提出高達一千九百六十八萬元的損害賠償，平均每一位泰勞必須分攤一百四十萬元，以泰勞的低微薪水計算，每一位泰勞必須工作十二年不吃不喝才還得起．
但面對輿論強大壓力，近兩千萬的求償金額，華磐公司決定改為每名泰勞象徵性求償一元．委任律師王進勝說：當初求償的金額是計算華磐公司的財產以及設備損失
，希望藉法律證明華磐並沒有虐待外勞，而且泰勞以暴動手段損毀，也有責任．但考量泰勞遠渡重洋來台打工，在經濟上是弱勢，礙於泰勞無力賠償，以及兼顧法律與國民情感，因而決定更改求償每位泰勞一元．不過委任律師仍強調：提起損害賠償訴訟是華磐正當權利之行使．
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看到華磐公司的無恥理由與律師的荒謬言論
筆者特別引一段美國國務院人權報告裡的資料
來看看這個了不起的公司 是怎樣讓台灣"走出去"!
原文資料位址如下 各位可自行確認
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61606.htm
One case that attracted considerable attention involved a riot on August 21, by 1,700 Thai workers who had been brought to Taiwan to build a rapid transit system connecting Kaohsiung and the surrounding area. The incident was set off when one of the foreign workers was struck with an electric cattle prod for an infraction. The workers claimed that local authorities not only had ignored illegal practices, but may have been complicit in them. Both the mayor of Kaohsiung and the head of CLA resigned over the incident.
一個引發相當關注的例子是發生在八月二十一日的一場騷動
由一千七百名被帶到台灣建立高雄捷運的泰勞所引起
主因在於摩擦當中 一位外勞遭到趕牛的電棒毆打所致
泰勞們聲稱 當地政府不僅忽略這些非法作為
更可能與資方共謀 該事件導致高雄市長與勞委會主委下台
The Thai workers’ main grievance was that the workers were officially paid approximately $1 thousand (NT$29 thousand) a month but actually received only and estimated $300 (NT$9 thousand) after salary deductions. Legally, companies that hire foreign workers can deduct up to $120 (NT$4 thousand) a month for living expenses. In the case of the Thai workers, however, the broker deducted up to $700 (NT$23,300) a month.
泰勞主要的不平在於 原本每月有近台幣兩萬九千元的薪水
但實際收到的僅有約九千元
在法律上而言 雇用資方的公司最多可以扣掉四千元 作為外勞的生活費用
但勞力仲介公司竟然剝奪了他們兩萬三千三百元!
In a December 12 demonstration in Taipei, foreign workers and human rights activists called for abolition of the broker system, an end to the six-year maximum limit on work permits, and extension to foreign workers of the protections in the LSL and Household Services Act.
在12月12日北市外勞與人權人士發起了示威遊行
要求仲介制度與最高限制工作六年的取消
並將外勞納入勞基法等相關條文的保障之下
According to many NGOs, CLA’s steps were only a beginning and much more needed to be done. They pointed to the large disparities in funding and support given to foreign workers depending on which county they were in. For example, foreign workers in the city of Taipei enjoyed services that did not exist in the rest of the island. The city had two government shelters, a community center and 19 full-time labor inspectors. Outside Taipei, however, service was sometimes nonexistent, and lack of interpreters made the services that were available inaccessible to many of the workers.
根據許多非國家組織的看法 勞委會的改進方案不過是一個起步
該做的事還有很多
例如外勞因為工作地點的不同 在資金與生活扶助上便有相當差異
在北市的外勞能享有許多的服務 但在其他地點工作的外勞便沒有
再加上缺乏翻譯人員 也讓許多外勞根本不知道怎樣去要求服務
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我只能說 如果拿趕牛的電棒打人 不算虐待外勞
而且還可以倒過來說人家反抗你也有錯的話
那法院與相關單位 應該對華磐的總經理與辯護律師施以同樣的待遇!
這樣才能証明他們的論點 也就是拿電棒打人不算虐待 還手的人才有錯!
當一群豬狗不如 把人當動物虐待的畜生
卻冠冕堂皇地提出所謂"正當權利之行使"時
我真是要感激該公司 做出這種令人髮指到讓台灣"走出去"的豐功偉業!
