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Datong Cement Factory Workers Protest in Datong, Shanxi

20:10 May 8 2008 Nanjiao District, Datong City, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

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[Note: It is not clear from these reports that management actually negotiated or made concessions].

From CLB:

Over 1,000 workers. Demands for payment of social insurance contributions in arrears since before restructuring. Strike. Management makes positive response, but outcome unclear.

From Sound of Hope:

山西省大同水泥厂一千多名工人,不满改制安排,5月8日发动全厂罢工,要求厂方承担改制后的赔偿问题。在深圳挂牌上市的大同水泥集团在同日发出公告声明,由于水泥厂资金短缺而暂时停产。

据自由亚洲电台报导,大同水泥厂上千多名工人,因不满水泥厂被南京一间民营企业收购后,迟迟未解决改制安排,包括家属宿舍居民的安置,以及拖欠社保基金等问题,在8日发动大罢工。水泥厂全厂七条生产线,全部瘫痪。

一名大同水泥厂工人,在9日接受记者访问时指水泥厂全厂大罢工,是由于厂方的贪污腐败问题所引发,资方代表承认工人诉求后,在9日下午才再度复产。他说,是全厂罢工,原因是贪污腐败,不过,现在我们都已经暂时复工,工人再看一下情况。

然而,于深圳证券交易所上市的大同水泥集团,在8日发表的公告指,由于资金短缺,未能买到煤等原材料,因此由即日开始停产,直至筹组足够资金,买到所需原材料为止。

据悉,近年不少国有企业,包括上市公司,都因亏蚀严重,由民营企业接手,而大型国企改制期间涉及的员工福利、薪酬和赔偿问题,在全国多个省市,都曾经触发重大的维权事件,甚至警民冲突。

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