{"id":39503,"date":"2025-05-06T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=39503"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:46:00","slug":"the-cost-of-convenience-precarity-in-taiwanese-franchise-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/the-cost-of-convenience-precarity-in-taiwanese-franchise-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Cena za pohodl\u00ed: prekarita na tchajwansk\u00fdch fran\u0161\u00edzov\u00fdch trz\u00edch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39503\" class=\"elementor elementor-39503\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-349c1622 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"349c1622\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-728f4c1a\" data-id=\"728f4c1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77992b8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77992b8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-77992b8e{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d8c49e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27d8c49e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Foto: Evropsk\u00e9 hodnoty<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-431be3f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"431be3f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-762cb528\" data-id=\"762cb528\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3dbf2d1f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3dbf2d1f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ed70434\" data-id=\"2ed70434\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6afb93d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6afb93d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mno\u017estv\u00ed slu\u017eeb, kter\u00e9 nab\u00edzej\u00ed <strong>tchajwansk\u00e9 ve\u010derky <\/strong>(<em>convenience stores<\/em>), je p\u0159\u00edmo ohromuj\u00edc\u00ed. Nekoup\u00edte si v\u00a0nich pouze j\u00eddlo, k\u00e1vu nebo cigarety. M\u016f\u017eete zde rovn\u011b\u017e vy\u0159\u00eddit v\u0161e od placen\u00ed \u00fa\u010dt\u016f, v\u00fdb\u011bru z bankomatu, n\u00e1kupu vstupenek na koncerty a vyzvednut\u00ed bal\u00ed\u010dk\u016f a\u017e po vy\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed tiska\u0159sk\u00fdch prac\u00ed. Nen\u00ed tedy divu, \u017ee se staly <strong>v\u0161udyp\u0159\u00edtomnou sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed \u017eivota na Tchaj-wanu<\/strong>. Ve\u010derky nav\u00edc neust\u00e1le zav\u00e1d\u011bj\u00ed nov\u00e9 slu\u017eby, jako jsou toustova\u010de, to\u010den\u00e9 pivo a dal\u0161\u00ed novinky.<\/p><p>Z\u00e1rove\u0148 v\u0161ak <strong>zam\u011bstnanci ve\u010derek dlouh\u00e9 hodiny tvrd\u011b pracuj\u00ed za n\u00edzk\u00fd plat<\/strong>. Nab\u00eddka tolika slu\u017eeb znamen\u00e1, \u017ee zam\u011bstnanec samoobsluhy je z\u00e1rove\u0148 baristou, pokladn\u00edkem, barmanem, pracovn\u00edkem po\u0161ty a prodava\u010dem, ale to <strong>v\u0161e za minim\u00e1ln\u00ed mzdu<\/strong>. P\u0159esn\u011b to vystihuje i n\u00e1zev \u010cang Li-siangovy (\u5f35\u7acb\u7965) knihy o pracovn\u00edc\u00edch ve\u010derek: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.books.com.tw\/products\/0010892621?srsltid=AfmBOorQtzONr6h1kHsaBeF8MDtV-x6moLznFftmxWwesDH95dSgHLbL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Va\u0161e pohodl\u00ed, m\u00e9 p\u0159epracov\u00e1n\u00ed<\/a> (v angl. Your Convenience, My Overwork). B\u011bhem deseti minut m\u016f\u017ee pracovn\u00edk ve\u010derky d\u011blat cokoli od kontroly pro\u0161l\u00fdch v\u00fdrobk\u016f v reg\u00e1lech a dopl\u0148ov\u00e1n\u00ed zbo\u017e\u00ed, p\u0159ij\u00edm\u00e1n\u00ed dod\u00e1vek bal\u00ed\u010dk\u016f nebo nov\u00fdch v\u00fdrobk\u016f, odbavov\u00e1n\u00ed n\u00e1kup\u016f z\u00e1kazn\u00edk\u016f \u010di va\u0159en\u00ed k\u00e1vy a\u017e po asistenci u tisk\u00e1rny.<\/p><p>\u010cang tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee jakkoliv jsou ve\u010derky pozoruhodn\u00e9, jsou v podstat\u011b jen formou supermarket\u016f a struktur\u00e1ln\u011b se jim tak\u00e9 nejv\u00edce podobaj\u00ed. Z\u00e1kladem provozu ve\u010derky je pokladn\u00ed m\u00edsto, kter\u00e9 umo\u017e\u0148uje sledovat produkty, kter\u00e9 do n\u011bj p\u0159ich\u00e1zej\u00ed a jsou v prodejn\u011b prod\u00e1v\u00e1ny. Technologie zat\u00edm nedosp\u011bla tak daleko, aby bylo mo\u017en\u00e9 tento proces automatizovat a obej\u00edt se bez lidsk\u00e9ho zapojen\u00ed. P\u0159esto\u017ee se o to velk\u00e9 tchajwansk\u00e9 \u0159et\u011bzce ve\u010derek pokou\u0161ej\u00ed, zat\u00edm <strong>nejsou schopny lidsk\u00fd prvek odstranit<\/strong>. Pokusy spole\u010dnost\u00ed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Ltt71OgcjM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7-Eleven<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/biz\/archives\/2018\/04\/02\/2003690497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FamilyMart<\/a> o zaveden\u00ed automatizovan\u00fdch ve\u010derek z\u016fst\u00e1vaj\u00ed koncep\u010dn\u00edmi obchody, kter\u00e9 nad\u00e1le <strong>vy\u017eaduj\u00ed lidskou pr\u00e1ci<\/strong> v z\u00e1kulis\u00ed.<\/p><p>V posledn\u00edch letech se objevily <strong>snahy o sdru\u017eov\u00e1n\u00ed zam\u011bstnanc\u016f ve\u010derek v odborech<\/strong>. Mnoz\u00ed nal\u00e9zaj\u00ed paralely mezi <strong>zam\u011bstnanci ve\u010derek na Tchaj-wanu<\/strong> a <strong>pracovn\u00edky rychl\u00e9ho ob\u010derstven\u00ed v jin\u00fdch \u010d\u00e1stech sv\u011bta<\/strong>. Navzdory tomu z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 toto odv\u011btv\u00ed <strong>v\u016f\u010di snah\u00e1m o organizov\u00e1n\u00ed zam\u011bstnanc\u016f rezistentn\u00ed<\/strong>, co\u017e je z\u0159ejm\u011b odrazem celkov\u00e9 slabosti <strong>organizovan\u00e9ho odborov\u00e9ho hnut\u00ed na Tchaj-wanu<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Aby mohly ve\u010derky poskytovat slu\u017eby, jako je placen\u00ed \u00fa\u010dt\u016f za elekt\u0159inu a vodu nebo dokonce dan\u00ed, <strong>je t\u0159eba m\u00edt t\u011bsn\u00e9 vztahy se st\u00e1tn\u00ed spr\u00e1vou<\/strong>. Nen\u00ed tedy divu, \u017ee v\u00fdznamn\u00e9 \u0159et\u011bzce ve\u010derek jako 7-Eleven \u010di FamilyMart jsou \u0159\u00edzeny <strong>velk\u00fdmi a mocn\u00fdmi konglomer\u00e1ty maj\u00edc\u00edmi \u00fazk\u00e9 vazby na vl\u00e1du.<\/strong> Nap\u0159\u00edklad u 7-Eleven to je skupina Uni-President Group. \u010casto se vtipkuje, \u017ee <strong>samotn\u00fd 7-Eleven by \u0161lo pova\u017eovat za ministerstvo<\/strong>. Soudob\u00e9 ve\u010derky nahradily tradi\u010dn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed hokyn\u00e1\u0159stv\u00ed (tchajwansky naz\u00fdvan\u00e1 <em>k\u00e1m-\u00e1-ti\u00e0m<\/em>, \u67d1\u4ed4\u5e97), kter\u00e1 d\u0159\u00edve do velk\u00e9 m\u00edry plnila stejn\u00e9 funkce. V tomto smyslu je <strong>vzestup modern\u00edch ve\u010derek tak\u00e9 jistou formou gentrifikace<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Skute\u010dnost, \u017ee jsou ve\u010derky tak d\u016fle\u017eit\u00fdm z\u00e1kladem \u017eivota na Tchaj-wanu, je d\u00e1v\u00e1 do souvislosti i s <strong>hrozbami, kter\u00fdm Tchaj-wan \u010del\u00ed ze strany \u010c\u00edny<\/strong>. Sou\u010dasn\u00e1 tchajwansk\u00e1 administrativa <a href=\"https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/politics\/202504130006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ned\u00e1vno pop\u0159ela zv\u011bsti<\/a>, <strong>\u017ee by ve\u010derky mohly b\u00fdt v dob\u011b v\u00e1lky vyu\u017e\u00edv\u00e1ny jako z\u00e1sobovac\u00ed st\u0159ediska<\/strong>, a uvedla, \u017ee se o t\u00e9to my\u0161lence pouze diskutovalo. Vl\u00e1da pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b doufala, \u017ee se tak vyhne panice obyvatelstva z mo\u017en\u00e9 v\u00e1lky. Pravdou v\u0161ak je, \u017ee <strong>obchody se sm\u00ed\u0161en\u00fdm zbo\u017e\u00edm by v dob\u011b v\u00e1lky s nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed pravd\u011bpodobnost\u00ed k takov\u00fdm \u00fa\u010del\u016fm vyu\u017eity byly<\/strong> vzhledem k jejich strategick\u00e9 poloze v \u00fast\u0159edn\u00edch dopravn\u00edch a logistick\u00fdch uzlech na \u00farovni m\u00edstn\u00edch \u010dtvrt\u00ed.<\/p><p>Zam\u011bstnanci ve\u010derek jsou <strong>v\u011bt\u0161inou mlad\u00ed lid\u00e9<\/strong>, pro kter\u00e9 tato pr\u00e1ce m\u016f\u017ee b\u00fdt jejich prvn\u00edm zam\u011bstn\u00e1n\u00edm, co\u017e n\u011bkter\u00e9 \u0159et\u011bzce t\u011bchto prodejen, jako nap\u0159\u00edklad Hi-Life, zd\u016fraz\u0148uj\u00ed i ve sv\u00fdch n\u00e1borov\u00fdch inzer\u00e1tech. Spole\u010dnost FamilyMart za\u010dala v posledn\u00ed dob\u011b naj\u00edmat st\u00e1le v\u00edce student\u016f z <strong>tchajwansk\u00fdch \u0161kol v jihov\u00fdchodn\u00ed Asii<\/strong>. Ti pak nos\u00ed jmenovky, na nich\u017e je uvedeno i to, z jak\u00e9 zem\u011b poch\u00e1zej\u00ed. Teprve \u010das uk\u00e1\u017ee, zda <strong>v odv\u011btv\u00ed ve\u010derek dojde k podobn\u00fdm zm\u011bn\u00e1m jako v Japonsku<\/strong>, kde se v posledn\u00edm desetilet\u00ed n\u00e1bor zam\u011bstnanc\u016f rovn\u011b\u017e diverzifikoval, tak\u017ee se zde nyn\u00ed b\u011b\u017en\u011b setk\u00e1v\u00e1me s prodava\u010di, kte\u0159\u00ed nejsou rodil\u00fdmi Japonci. Z\u00e1rove\u0148 se v\u0161ak st\u00e1le <strong>m\u00e1lo diskutuje o pracovn\u00edch podm\u00ednk\u00e1ch v t\u00e9to kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00e9 instituci tchajwansk\u00e9ho \u017eivota<\/strong>, a to <strong>i p\u0159es n\u00e1r\u016fst aktivity odbor\u016f<\/strong> na Tchaj-wanu v posledn\u00edch deseti letech vl\u00e1dy Demokratick\u00e9 pokrokov\u00e9 strany.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-44e68e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44e68e5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-abeb1fd\" data-id=\"abeb1fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e8a49f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7e8a49f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Brian Hioe <\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Brian Hioe (\u010cchiou \u010cchi-sin, \u4e18\u7426\u6b23) je spisovatel, redaktor, p\u0159ekladatel, aktivista a DJ \u017eij\u00edc\u00ed v Tchaj-peji. V roce 2014 byl jedn\u00edm ze zakladatel\u016f New Bloom Magazine (\u7834\u571f), internetov\u00e9ho \u010dasopisu zab\u00fdvaj\u00edc\u00edho se aktivismem a politikou mlad\u00fdch lid\u00ed na Tchaj-wanu a v asijsko-pacifick\u00e9m regionu, kter\u00fd vznikl po Slune\u010dnicov\u00e9m hnut\u00ed. Nyn\u00ed pom\u00e1h\u00e1 \u0159\u00eddit komunitn\u00ed prostor pro po\u0159\u00e1d\u00e1n\u00ed akc\u00ed DAYBREAK (\u7834\u66c9\u5496\u5561) provozovan\u00fd New Bloomem v Tchaj-peji. Z\u00e1rove\u0148 p\u016fsob\u00ed jako nerezidentn\u00ed v\u011bdeck\u00fd pracovn\u00edk v Tchajwansk\u00e9m v\u00fdzkumn\u00e9m centru Nottinghamsk\u00e9 univerzity.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by EVC Foto: Evropsk\u00e9 hodnoty The sheer number of services offered by Taiwan\u2019s convenience stores is nothing short of wondrous. 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