BEIJING (AFP) – Millions of men working on construction sites in China’s cities often are not paid on time, not legally employed and suffer other forms of exploitation, according to a survey published Monday.
Some 53 percent of the 5,000 migrant construction workers polled by the China Academy of Social Sciences and Tsinghua University said they did not have a legally mandated labour contract, according to the state-run China Daily newspaper.
Even among those that had signed labour contracts, as all are supposed to by law, 41 percent said they were not given copies of the document and 17 percent said they did not understand its content.
According to the survey, labourers worked an average of 10 hours a day, 27 days a month, but only 31 percent of the workers said that they were regularly paid on time.
Note: By the way, this is ok…what is not ok is Japan hasn’t apologize for the actions in WW2.
I don’t understand what your question and what your point is.
Comment by Jackyren — April 26, 2008 @ 9:24 pm
Problems must company along with the rapid development in every country.
Comment by aihongliao1 — April 30, 2008 @ 7:25 am
Yeah what is your question? is this about Japan or China?
Anyways exploitations sucks, but this kind of things happen when you still have hundreds of millions of people looking for jobs. Keep in mind that unlicensed workers are still Chinese, but from other areas of China. The fact that they can’t pay people on time says a lot about how stupid the Chinese are in management and other service industries.
I like the fact that you used Chinese surveys and polls. Most idiots use western surveys and opinions when criticizing china.
Comment by Remi L — May 3, 2008 @ 2:13 pm
Whats your question?
Comment by Colonyhkman — May 4, 2008 @ 12:29 pm
yeah you are right I see them every day going to work
Comment by Mr. W — May 5, 2008 @ 3:05 am
The same thing exists in countries with high under and unemployment rates.
This is not government sanctioned.
This is exploitation by companies
Companies do the same thing here with migrant workers.
I’m not sure if your last statement is serious, or cynical.
Peace
Jim
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Comment by just plain jim — May 7, 2008 @ 2:46 pm