Unionists from around the globe back Chunghwa Telecom's worried workers

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Union demands for guarantees on labor rights during the privatization of Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's largest telecom company, yesterday gained strong backing from unionists around the world meeting in Berlin.

Dozens of labor-union leaders from Union Network International (UNI) urged Shieh Jhy-wey (???), Taiwan's new representative to Germany, to reflect on international labor trends and inform Taiwan's government of their concerns.

UNI is the largest international grouping of individual trade unions. It brings together over 900 unions representing more than 15 million members. At the UNI Telecom World Meeting held yesterday in Berlin, more than 150 representatives of more than 100 unions from Europe, Asia and Africa gathered to discuss labor matters.

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