But in that same decade many factories moved overseas, and many companies were fraudulently going bankrupt to evade paying required pensions. Older workers were most affected, and labor strife was rising.
但隨著 1980 年代產業大量外移，加上許多公司為規避支付勞工退休金（勞基法舊法為勞工在同一公司服務滿 25 年離職，可向公司領取約 45 個基數的退休金），乾脆無預警惡性倒閉，勞資衝突急速升高，受影響最深的當屬中高齡勞工。