Taoyuan's sanitation workers are protesting that the city broke its promise to add staff instead of outsourcing — bad news for frontline cleaning crews, and a headache for Mayor Chang San-cheng.

• Over a hundred union members and allied labor groups rallied outside Taoyuan city hall.
• The union says each sanitation worker there covers 806 residents, far more than in New Taipei or Taipei.
• Workers object to the city shuffling staff around and contracting out a transfer station instead of hiring.
• The city counters that it has added 276 workers under the current mayor, the biggest increase among Taiwan's six major cities.
• Two of the three sanitation unions actually back limited outsourcing for night and dangerous work, so labor is split.

Outlook: The city says it will keep negotiating with all three unions, but with budgets fixed for the year, no quick hiring boost is likely.