The leader of the Taiwan Railway labor union, Chang Wen-cheng, commented that the strike was planned for Chinese New Year in order to force the government to respond to the labor union's five demands: First, the Executive Yuan must announce a stop to the policy of privatization.
台鐵工會理事長張文正表示，春節罷工主要是希望政府對工會的五大訴求做出具體回應。