In these days the second-time amendment to "Basic Labor Law" engendered serious controversy between DPP and opposition parties, as well as discontent and clamor from labor unions.  On the surface, it seemed the main argument was the interval between rotate shifts for laborers, but behind the scene the problem had been far from that. 

To put it in a mutshell, the question that boiled down to had been money, or the lack of it.  You know, due to economic doldrums in Taiwan, most of the businesses in Taiwan are unable to give raise in salary to their employees now.  What else could employees ask for from employers, except demanding more reasonable leisure time?  But why Taiwan was sinking deeper and deeper into the economic mire.  You know why.  Please also refer to following report at:   

http://www.guancha.cn/yanmo/2017_12_05_437825.shtml

P.S.  I remember I've told you this before.  In 2000 I was the chief examiner for hiring the applicants for the division I was with.  Our requirement was the person with diploma of high school or junior college(though actually all applicants were college graduates).  The monthly salary we offered then was nearly TWD30,000.  In 2012 before I retired from the company I did the job as a chief examiner again for hiring newcomers.  This time our requirement was the person with university degree(actually some of the applicants having master degrees), and our offer varied, but at least above 33.000.  Nowadays over one third of the employees in Taiwan are still receiving a monthly salary less than 30,000.  What the hell!