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How Labor Movements Help Shape Taiwan’s Politics

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A group of trade unions invited all three of Taiwan’s presidential candidates to present their labor policies on the same stage. Though labor issues are rarely front and center during election season, the labor movement and workers' unions have a long history in Taiwan. On this episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, TaiwanPlus reporter Jeremy Olivier speaks with Ming-sho Ho, professor of sociology at National Taiwan University. We first zoom in on the modern evolution of Taiwan’s labor movement, then zoom out on how this may influence the upcoming presidential election.