• Industrial accidents are treated as state secrets
in China
5. The opportunities to fight
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selfconfidence of chinese workers is growing „complaint room“ strikes are not allowed Illegal ‘‘meetings, demonstrations and protest‘‘ prison terms of seven and four years ‘‘disrupting the social order‘‘ ‘‘reeducation through work‘‘ Workers are also drilled with questionaries For answering ‘‘the right way‘‘ 100 yuan bonus ‘‘wrong answer‘‘ can cost them their job
2. Chinas economy
• China uses a quarter of the worlds cement and steel and a third
ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้of the worlds coal
• Worlds second-largest consumer of oil • Per capita income: well above $ 1,000 • Companies are investing in China • World chlothing market • Export surplus could break $ 100 billion in 2005
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6. Social Security System
• many old people in China 134 million people over the age of 60 • 2050 25% of it‘s inhabitants
• nobody to pay into their pension funds
3. Labor Law – Reality in China
Labor Law
Working hours: 40 per week, eight hours a day The legal minimum wage is 570 yuan Seven days off, three times a year Pregnant women can not be fired
Superpower China Cheap and Cheerful?
A presentation by Bianca and Franziska
Structure
1. Dongguan
2. Chinas economy 3. Labour Law – Reality in China 4. Working conditions in China 5. The opportunities to fight 6. Social Security System
• One-child family policy
• only support is the family
• ‘‘China will grow old before it grown rich!“
Thank‘s for listening!
Time for questions!
1. Dongguan
• Streets are relatively deserted • Only trucks rattle along and keep supplies • In the plants employees are working every day, morning and night • Siemens, Nokia, Duracell, Sanyo etc. have set up shop there • produce cables, batteries, computer, cellphones, toys, shoes and clothing for different countries
4. Working conditions in China
• Most of the workers are women • Work nine and a half hours a day, six days a week • get roughly 48-68Euros a month • minimum working age is 16 • workers are often migrants • Pregnant women do heavy lifting, work on the day of delivery • Workers are not protected • Workers get sick and poisoned
Reality in China
Working hours: 57 per week, 9,5 hours a day Wickman electronics company pays 390 yuan Instead of all days only three days of each week are paid A pregnant women get fired because her husband had demanded a raise