Casio lower wage standards, Guangzhou mass strike in protest of thousands of employees
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31st, 2009 by adminMarch 7, 2008 Yesterday morning, who were dissatisfied with factory salary, Guangzhou Panyu Casio Electronics Factory of thousands of workers to collective strikes, followed by large numbers of workers Sheung protest. Relevant departments dispatched hundreds of police to maintain order and conduct the mediation. More than two hours later, the basic return to factory workers. The factory, said the new standard there is no problem, “only individual employees had misunderstood.”
At 9 am yesterday, is located in Panyu Hang the old water plant to open the door to a large number of Casio electronics factory workers back onto the road. At around 10 o’clock, at a distance of 23 kilometers outside the plant junctions. The workers were stopped by the police.
Around 11 pm, the police will concentrate along the way back to the factory workers. Police said the workers actions has violated the relevant laws and regulations.
Dissatisfaction with workers from the night before in an announcement. This printed notice of pay indicated on the latest: From February 1 this year, the plant average base salary of employees from the original 580 yuan upwards to 690. Long-service allowance is still 12, which range from 30 yuan a month into month 5 yuan, up by 240 yuan per month into a monthly 215 yuan. In addition, rating the performance of workers is still prize a, b, c, d fourth gear, but the original 145 yuan, 100 yuan, 85 yuan, 20 yuan to 60 yuan, 15 yuan, 5 yuan and 0 RMB.
The workers said that the original income is mainly the “basic salary + benefits + bonus”, a month in the 690 up and down, the new regulations are “based on basic salary, allowances and bonuses is almost no more.”
Casio Electronics Factory General Department Minister Li Jian-Lin, said the new standard proposed plant in order to more clearly paid the minimum standards to reach 690. “In fact, aggregate, and there is no change, but a change of form.” Yesterday, the parties reach an agreement after consultations, the original salary scales remained unchanged.