{"id":32993,"date":"2021-06-11T15:02:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T06:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/11\/taiwan-factory-migrant-workers-dormitories-covid-outbreak"},"modified":"2021-06-11T15:02:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T06:02:40","slug":"taiwan-factory-forces-migrant-workers-back-into-dormitories-amid-covid-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=32993","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan factory forces migrant workers back into dormitories amid Covid outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manufacturer ASE defends imposing rules that do not apply to the broader community in Taiwan, drawing accusations of discrimination<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A major manufacturer in Taiwan is forcing some migrant workers out of private homes and back into shared accommodation at the height of the island\u2019s worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, drawing accusations of discrimination and double standards.<\/p>\n<p>ASE, a semiconductor manufacturer, told its workers in the Taoyuan district of Chungli, about 50km (30 miles) from capital Taipei, that those who live independently in private rentals, must \u201cmove back to their dormitories immediately\u201d, or be given \u201ca major demerit\u201d. Three such demerits are punishable by dismissal, the notice says.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/11\/taiwan-factory-migrant-workers-dormitories-covid-outbreak\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manufacturer ASE defends imposing rules that do not apply to the broader community in Taiwan, drawing accusations of discriminationSee all our coronavirus coverageA major manufacturer in Taiwan is forcing some migrant workers out of private homes and b&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1643,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,1066,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-coronavirus","category-taiwan"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32994,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32993\/revisions\/32994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}