COST OF LIVING/With strike looming, HSR president pushes for record year-end bonus
01/05/2024 04:57 PM
The president of Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) is pushing the company's board to hand out a record year-end bonus after the THSRC union declared it would launch a strike to demand better treatment, he said Thursday.
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