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Flextronics Workers Strike in Shanghai

14:27 Sep 17 2012 Jiading, Shanghai, China

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From China Labor Watch:


On Monday, September 17, 6,000 workers at Flextronics Technology’s Shanghai factory commenced a strike because the factory would not provide severance pay after it decided to move to Suzhou. The strike has lasted two days, and workers have confirmed that they will continue into day three.

Flextronics International Ltd. is a global leader in electronics manufacturing and had revenues of over $28 billion in 2011. The factory in question, Flextronics Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is located in the Jiading District of Shanghai and has manufactured for companies such as HP, Alcatel, Motorola, NCR, Nokia, Nortel, and Toshiba.

Recently, Flextronics decided to move its factory in Jiading to the Wuzhong District of Suzhou. The company didn’t first discuss the move with workers and later told the workers that if they did not move to Suzhou with the factory, then they would be choosing to resign without severance pay.

The striking workers are demanding that the factory pay a penalty for severing a labor contract with each worker and give the workers a moving allowance. In addition, workers have demanded that the local government provide them with a subsidy. See this link for a series of videos of the strike—the videos originated on Youku.

Workers at Flextronics Shanghai typically work 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, with a monthly income of 2,300 RMB. But workers in the Suzhou Wuzhong factory of Flextronics have much worse conditions. Based on investigations carried out by China Labor Watch in 2011 and 2012, workers at Flextronics’ Wuzhong factory work up to 100 hours of overtime per month, only earning 2,200 RMB. By moving its factory, Flextronics is almost certainly trying to take advantage of the lower labor standards in Suzhou.

China Labor Watch Director Li Qiang today said, “The primary reason that these workers are striking is that Flextronics never spoke with the workers about the move, choosing not to give the workers any right to negotiation. These workers already have families in Shanghai—their kids are in Shanghai—so it is not easy for them to move to Suzhou. China Labor Watch calls on Flextronics to carry out collective bargaining with the workers immediately.”

UPDATE: According to information provided by the Flextronics workers this morning, the factory announced that it will compensate each worker with two months’ salary plus a month’s salary for each year the worker worked in the factory. But workers have not yet agreed to this. According to the workers, this compensation is provided by the Shanghai government to compensate workers for relocation. Workers hope that the factory can provide severance pay to workers as well. Yesterday evening, Flextronics attempted to move all machines from its Shanghai factory, but the workers locked the factory, leading to a conflict between the workers and the factory. The strike continues.

From Meilide Boke:

新加坡伟创力集团,拟将上海嘉定的伟创力工业园搬迁到江苏苏州吴中区,涉及数千名员工搬迁补偿问题,厂方没有与员工达成一致。

9月17日,上海创伟力工业园六千名工人全线罢工,当天还封堵道路,大量武装警察前来疏散。当天晚上,厂方开始悄悄搬运机器设备。

一位员工王先生告诉记者,数千名工人罢工后,伟创力高层管理人员紧急与员工喊话沟通,但搬迁补偿方案始终说不到位,都是些大话套话,人事经理还用威胁的口吻对员工说话,引起工人起哄,员工感到失望,罢工工人都去永盛路聚集,封堵了道路。



警察来到现场无法疏通交通,后来大量治安警察、特警、武警都来到现场进行喊话和驱散,王先生说,工人都不想惹事,大多数员工自动散开,发生一些小摩擦。

伟创力厂方在17日贴出告示:18日放假一天,要求大家回家休息。王先生说,当天晚上,厂方悄悄的搬运机器设备,厂方这种口是心非的欺骗行为令员工非常气愤,一些员工表示今晚(18日)大家准备换班守在厂大门,不准厂方夜间悄悄搬迁。

员工提出三项要求:

第一,员工是和伟创力上海马陆公司签的合同,而现在公司变更成伟创力江苏吴中公司,造成员工失业,无论怎么说都是公司违约,不可避而不谈,理应赔偿违约金。政府就伟创力上海马陆地块搬迁补偿安置的费用是政府的赔偿,不可混为一谈。给员工的赔偿理应包括公司的违约金+公司搬迁赔偿金+政府补偿安置员工补偿,要求N+8合情合理。
第二,伟创力常州,伟创力外高桥在赔偿的方式都是N+2,为何唯独伟创力马陆只是单单的N+1000元。当初经济危机公司效益不景气财政萎的情况下都能做到N+2,更何况现在政府补偿,公司有营业外收入的情况下只赔N,是何道理?要求N+8合情合理。
第三,伟创力马陆做为伟创力全球最赚钱的公司之一,这是所有员工的努力工作的表现。我们小伙子进来,大叔出去,小姑娘进来,大妈出去,这是我们的付出。然而相对于我们的贡献,公司给与我们的回报呢?仅仅是N,竟然连无法维持经营的伟创力常州都比不上!要求N+8合情合理。

据悉,新加坡伟创力集团是一家在NASDAQ上市的跨国公司,是目前全球第二大电子合约制造服务商(EMS),世界500强企业之一,在中国大陆上海嘉定和珠海斗门都开有工厂。最近几年,因地价和人力资源问题,总部拟将上海嘉定的伟创力工业园搬迁到江苏苏州吴中区。

From Jiadingxincheng.com:

刚刚地铁上听一哥们在说马陆伟创力电子正在闹罢工!好像是因为员工对公司搬迁赔偿问题表示不满,正在大闹! 现场超多保安,路也被封了。。。
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