Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an and Democratic Progressive Party challenger Puma Shen pitched worker and family policies at a Sunday labor event ahead of Taiwan’s Nov. 28 local elections.
Focus Taiwan/CNA reported that Chiang cited improvements in pay, leave and workplace conditions for city employees. The specific measures detailed by the Taipei City Department of Environmental Protection concern cleaning-team members.
The department said the teams’ monthly cleaning bonus has risen to NT$10,000 from NT$8,000. The annual health-check benefit per cleaning-team member is planned to increase from NT$3,000 to NT$5,000 in 2027, with more than NT$12.45 million budgeted for the increase.
Taipei plans to spend more than NT$1 billion on 240 environmental service vehicles in a replacement program running from 2026 through 2028, the department said. It reported spending NT$573.33 million to replace 134 vehicles during 2023-25.
City investment in cleaning-team offices totaled NT$178 million over nearly four years, according to the department. Taipei has another NT$115 million planned for office construction and improvements in 2027. The figures cover both worker benefits and investment in the vehicles and spaces used by cleaning teams.
Focus Taiwan/CNA reported that Shen proposed improving childcare environments to help prevent child abuse, adding long-term-care beds, reducing working hours for parents of young children and offering city residents six free psychological counseling sessions. United Daily News separately reported that Shen criticized city outsourcing, arguing that positions may remain unfilled when openings arise.
Taiwan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has scheduled the local elections for Nov. 28. Its timetable lists nine types of local public offices to be contested, placing Taipei’s mayoral race within a wider local vote.
