Take action: Stop union busting at Taidoc Technology, Taiwan

TaiDoc, a medical equipment company based in Taiwan R.O.C, committed various acts of discrimination against Filipino women migrant workers beginning in 2025. The women workers were forced to stay in company hostels and subjected to curfew, they were forced to do unpaid cleaning work in factories if returning to hostels late.

The women workers formed the Taidoc Technology Labor Union (TTLU) and affiliated with ROCMU in August 2025. TaiDoc dismissed seven union activists including the president Elizabeth Basas and evicted them from the hostels in February 2026. The company organized an illegal meeting and announced that other employees had "taken over" the union. It then filed a lawsuit against the union activists.

Acting on the workers' and TTLU's complaints, Taiwan's Ministry of Labor ruled that the company committed to unfair labour practice and violated the principle of freedom of association. TaiDoc was ordered to reinstate the workers and fined NTD200,000 (US$6,371).

Lennon Wang, TTLU general secretary and ROCMU spokesperson said:

"We ask for solidarity support from brothers and sisters worldwide to end forced labour, discrimination and intimidation against Filipino women migrant workers at TaiDoc. We demand the company to fully comply with the Ministry of Labor's ruling on their reinstatement, pay back wages for the unpaid cleaning work, refund all the placement fees and service fees for all members and drop all the lawsuits against the union officers."

IndustriALL director Alexander Ivanou said:

"IndustriALL stands in full solidarity with ROCMU members in their fight for justice. Taiwan has integrated the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights into domestic laws, which protects workers' right to organize and bargain collectively. We call on TaiDoc to fully implement the Ministry of Labor's decision, permanently reinstate the dismissed workers, provide full compensation for unpaid work and cease all anti-union practices. Taiwanese authorities must ensure that international labour and human rights standards are respected and enforced for all workers, including migrant workers."

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