Firefighters Protest Outside DPP Headquarters

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Firefighters want the ruling Democratic Progressive Party to say where it stands on three demands: the right to form a union, protection under the act governing workplace safety and a system that assigns firefighters based on their expertise.

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00:00Firefighters protested outside the headquarters of Taiwan's ruling party nearly a week after

00:05an accident that killed two rescuers.

00:08The deaths had led to a new push to get labor protections and rights that public servants

00:13like firefighters do not have.

00:15The protesters want protection under the Workplace Safety Act and the right to form a union,

00:20as well as a system in which firefighters aren't pushed into roles they haven't been

00:24trained to do.

00:25They want the Democratic Progressive Party or DPP to take a clear stance on these demands.

00:54The protest comes just ahead of a mass recall vote that could put the DPP back into a legislative

01:01majority.

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