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Workers Strike Against Luyuan Lumber Company in Suichang, Zhejiang

16:28 Feb 10 2003 Suichang, Suichang County, Lishui City, Zhejiang, China

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From CLB:

China Labour Bulletin has learnt that approximately 400 workers from the Luyuan Timber Company Ltd in Shuichang county, Zhejiang province have been on strike since 10 February 2003. The strike is continuing.

In a conversation with some of the workers involved, China Labour Bulletin learnt that the workers are striking in protest against the loss of their shares in the company and alleged corruption in the company.

China Labour Bulletin contacted the county president of the All China Federation of Trade Unions for his response to the events. The president replied that he was working with the government task force investigating the strike. The workers interviewed by China Labour Bulletin however replied that the county union had told the workers to end the strike and get back to work.

China Labour Bulletin also contacted Li Shui City Chinese Communist Party Discipline Committee to ask if they had followed up the claims of the workers. They have responded that they did not know of the events but would investigate the claims.

China Labour Bulletin will be issuing more details of the strike and views from the workers in the next few days.

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从2月10日起,浙江绿源木业有限公司的遂昌中密度纤维板厂400多职工举行罢工。至今已持续了一周。罢工的工人封锁了工厂大门,以抗议企业亏空了职工的股份并大批解雇职工。罢工的工人通过民主选举,选出了6名工人代表和县政府对话,要求县领导清查企业财务。到目前为止,罢工仍在继续。遂昌县信访办一位官员在电话里向中国劳工通讯证实了工人的罢工行动。

遂昌中密度纤维板厂是一个国家林业局和职工都占有股份的股份制企业,效益良好。但,企业的经营和财务活动一直是黑箱运作,在工人的收入逐年降低的同时,以董事长徐兵为首的企业领导却迅速暴富。该长职工向中国劳工通讯揭露,这位董事长的个人财产已有上千万元。最近,企业领导又突然决定,从今年6月起,将企业的主要生产车间迁往外地,并对职工作象征性的补偿(最高为2400元〕后,将他们全部辞退。同时,职工得知,该企业领导在过去背著职工在外地投资开办了一个新型木材加工厂,并将职工的股份私下全部转移到了这个厂。但,现在这个木材加工厂已经倒闭,职工的股份也因此全部“损失”。

遂昌县总工会施主席告诉中国劳工通讯,现在职工全部聚集在厂门口,不准任何人出入,全厂生产和办公已经完全瘫痪。他说,他曾到现场要工人把自己的要求写出来交给工会,但工人们并没有理会。

一名参加罢工的职工在向中国劳工通讯介绍情况时说,该厂工会这几天非但没有代表工人说话,反而一直是在劝说工人停止行动。遂昌县总工会施主席认为,该厂所以厂工会对维护工人权利起不到作用的主要原因是,工会主席同时又是主管生产的副董事长。

而在工人罢工的压力下,遂昌县政府同意司法介入调查绿源木业有限公司的经济问题。2月14日,县政府的工作组已进驻企业。罢工的工人因此解除了对工厂的封锁,以配合县政府的清查。

绿源木业有限公司的另外一名职工告诉中国劳工通讯,罢工的工人有三个要求,一是要县政府和企业公开账目,说清楚职工过去入股的股份为什么没有了;二是要求政府承诺在职工失业后有基本的生活保障。三是对企业的经营活动进行全面的审计。这位职工还说,工人同时也准备请律师起诉企业总经理擅自动用职工股份进行其它投资的行为。

一名参加罢工的工人告诉中国劳工通讯,工人在企业的大会堂选举了6名工人代表。其中的两名直接负责与政府和企业对话,一名工人代表负责工人股份去向问题,另一名负责及企业的审计。

中国劳工通讯采访了遂昌县的公安部门。该部门表示,他没有介入这次工潮。
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