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Sanitation Workers Strike in Guangzhou's Baiyun District

11:47 Feb 20 2012 Baiyun Guangzhou Guangdong China

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From WSWS:

Saniation workers have also staged protests in Guangdong. On February 20, more than 200 workers held a demonstration outside the Meizhou municipal building, demanding higher wages. They complained that after social security insurance deductions, they were paid only 800 yuan a month. The government responded by deploying riot police. On the same day, 100 saniation workers in the provincial capital of Guangzhou’s Baiyun district struck over similar demands.

From Nanfang Ribao:

昨日,记者接到报料称,白云区近百名环卫工人不满工资待遇过低,去年广州调整最低工资标准后他们的工资也未见涨。白云区城管局表示,今日会给工人一个满意答复。

  昨天上午,记者就此事采访了一些环卫工人代表。周阿姨去年跟白云区环保所签订劳务合同,她向记者出示了去年12月份的工资条。工资条显示,2011年12月份周阿姨的基本工资为1105元,另外还有劳保等其他福利80余元,以及加班费,当月周阿姨的工资收入大约在1500元左右。周阿姨告诉记者,她听说从2011年3月份开始,广州的企业职工最低工资调至1300元。“但直到今年1月份,我们的基本工资一直都是1105元。”

  张师傅出示了他今年1月份的工资单,上面显示1月份的基本工资为1300元,“但是我们之前的劳保津贴等其他福利没有了”。刘师傅称,单位曾经口头承诺要给他们发13个月的工资,“但是从来没有见单位给我们发过”。

  刘师傅负责广州市白云区某路300米路段的清洁工作,每天凌晨5时半上班,工作8个小时,如果周六加班,一天会有120元的加班费。“我儿子在本地读高中,每周需要150元生活费,我老婆没有固定工作,到处打零工补贴家用,每个月收入几百元。我们俩一个月只有2000多元的收入,光房租就去了七八百元,这份工资根本不够养活家人。”

  白云区环保所孔所长告诉记者,其实他们从今年起,已经将所里的近300名环卫工人的基本工资调整到1300元。“但是因为单位预算紧张,劳保津贴这项本来不是合同中所规定的内容,我们把它一起并入了基本工资中,因此给大家造成了一些误解。”而对于2011年3月之后的基本工资一直是1105元,孔所长表示,目前已经将这一情况报上级部门申请,区城管局非常重视如何提高职工待遇的问题。据悉,白云区城管局将于今日向环卫工人给出答复。
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