台灣教師工會的挑戰與展望

Visions and Challenges for Teachers’ Union in Taiwan

經過十年倡議，長期被禁止的教師工會終於在去年解禁，各級學校教師在第一時間完成工會籌組，象徵台灣教師確認教育勞動者身分的決心，確是台灣勞動人權史上重要的里程碑。 然而，就法制面而言，教師工會並未獲得完整勞動三權保障，實務上，教育部門對勞動法系與教師工會之運作尤其生疏，在在增加教師工會運作難度，教師工會如何深化專業對話，並以具體行動提升教育專業，將是教師工會進一步發展的關鍵。

After a decade of efforts on advocacy and several more years of fighting, restrictions on teachers' unionization right were abolished last year. Teachers at various levels stood out right away to form their own independent unions. It truly demonstrated the teacher's determination of self-recognition as a labor in education industry and was considered as an important milestone in labor right history of Taiwan.
However, from legislative perspective, three labor rights of teachers' union have not fully secured. In fact, education sector has long been particularly unfamiliar with labor law system and teacher union's practices, resulting in increasing difficulties for teacher union operation. Thus, to strengthen professional dialogues as well as improve educational professions in action should be the key to teacher union's further development.