Workers Strike at Electronics Factory in Weihai, Shandong

• Date: Jul 15 2011 Time: 17:47
• Description:
  From CLB: 山東威海工人与学生工联合大罷工，抗議調休降工資：7月15日,山東威海市新城電子公司不合理的調休，把工人的特勤調沒了，每個工人的收入降低了150元到200元左右。甚至還把那些來自河南省的學生們集體開除。引起了員工憤怒，繼而進行了大罷工 Also from CLB: Our post on the strike by workers and interns at an electronics company in Weihai, Shandong, in mid-July, was re-tweeted nearly 300 times by weibo users on Tencent, Sina and Netease. The strike, which was related to the transfer of shifts and reduction of pay, as well as the ungrounded dismissal of a group of interns, was compared by one netizen to the tumultuous May Fourth Movement led by students in 1919. Others criticised company’s behaviour and asserted that in a socialist system, workers should be the masters. Their comments were echoed by other netizens who wrote: “Intolerance results in struggle. That is the advance of time” and “Workers should rely on themselves to protect their legitimate rights.” However, it is important to note that far from all responses were quite this intense. The most common reaction was to see the strikes simply as everyday events, not something to get too concerned about. One netizen joked: “I was planning to visit Weihai, but now it seems wise not to go at the moment." http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/101116