全球醫療事業勞工罷工事件對台灣的啟示

The Inspiration of Global Employees' Strikes in the Medical Industry to Taiwan

范國棟(Kuo-Tung Fan)

《台灣公共衛生雜誌》 20卷3期 (2001/06) Pp. 175-182

https://doi.org/10.6288/TJPH2001-20-03-03

摘要

行政院勞工委員會宣稱新修訂的勞資爭議處理法，將送立法院審理，若依該版本修訂通過，則醫療事業勞工所發起之罷工需再經三十天的『冷卻期』。目前超過二十萬的台灣勞工，正受僱於私有化和大型化趨勢的醫療照護體系內。作者回顧過去全球醫療照護體系的罷工事件，分析其運用模式與成效。並試圖對台灣醫療工作者過去在勞資角力中所採取的抗爭手段，和其在國家醫療保健政策下的身份轉變、國家勞動法令對其爭取工作權益的束縛、以及醫療團隊中醫師身份的特殊性進行剖析。面對全球化浪潮，唯有醫務勞動者建立自信，結合民眾健康教育並團結其力量，進而迫使國家鬆綁勞動法令及修訂衛生政策，才可使罷工權真正備而不用，同時讓人民邁向生理、心理與社會健康的新境界。

關鍵字

罷工 ； 醫療事業 ； 勞工 ； 健康

並列摘要

The Settlement of Labor Dispute Law (SLDL) put forward to revise by the Council of Labor Affairs of Taiwan will be reviewed at the Legislative Yuan. Upon enactment of the revised SLDL, no medical industry strikes can be staged before the 30-day 'cooling period'. In the healthcare system of Taiwan, there are more than 200 thousand medical workers employed in hospitals and clinics. This paper reviews global labor strikes in health care system and analyses the pattern and effect of strikes. Furthermore, it examines past struggles of the medical workers in Taiwan, the changes in their status as result of the government health policy, the constraint of their rights imposed by the national labor law, and physicians' specific characteristics in the medical team. To confront the trend of globalization, medical workers should build up greater confidence and unite with community in action to exert pressure on the government regarding labor laws and health policies. In this way, strikes will no longer need to be staged while the public can enjoy physical, mental and social health.

並列關鍵字

Strike ； medical industry ； labor ； health