綜合問卷分析結果，本文歸納我國工會參與區域貿易協定之主要限制為六項相互連動之條件：資訊接近、議題理解、權益轉譯、勞資溝通、組織資源與外部支援。此等限制並非單純來自參與意願不足，而是反映工會在資訊取得、內部溝通、協商基礎及制度性管道等面向之結構性不足。;As regional trade agreements increasingly incorporate labor chapters， public participation mechanisms， and dispute settlement procedures， trade unions are no longer merely passive recipients of trade liberalization outcomes but rather potential stakeholders capable of exerting policy influence during the preparation， negotiation， and monitoring stages of such agreements. This study examines union members and union representatives in Taiwan as its two analytical groups， collecting empirical data from both groups through a questionnaire survey to assess their levels of awareness regarding regional trade agreements， trade liberalization， and labor chapters， as well as their understanding of labor rights implications， experiences with labor-management communication， attitudes toward participation， and demands for government assistance. The study further compares the differences in perceptions and needs between the two groups.
The findings reveal that both union members and union representatives demonstrate significant deficiencies in their understanding of trade agreements and labor chapters， with a structural gap existing between the two groups. Union members tend to comprehend the impacts of trade agreements through dimensions closely tied to the workplace， such as general labor rights， vocational training， and wages and working hours. Union representatives， by contrast， are more capable of identifying dimensions related to labor chapters， freedom of association， labor-management relations， and institutional enforcement mechanisms. Regarding labor-management communication and collective bargaining， both groups reflect a weak foundation for institutionalized dialogue. In terms of willingness to participate， the majority exhibit conditional participation attitudes， and representatives′ allocation of organizational resources is constrained by routine union affairs. Furthermore， although both groups concentrate their demands for government assistance on policy dissemination and feedback channels， representatives place greater emphasis on institutional support， while members simultaneously express concern for economic subsidies.
Based on a comprehensive analysis of the questionnaire results， this study identifies six interconnected conditions as the primary constraints on Taiwanese unions′ participation in regional trade agreements: access to information， issue comprehension， rights translation， labor-management communication， organizational resources， and external support. These constraints do not stem simply from a lack of willingness to participate but rather reflect structural insufficiencies in unions′ capacity for information acquisition， internal communication， bargaining foundations， and institutional channels.
