Shoe Factory Owner "Run The Road" Local Government Becomes "Scapegoat"

Outside the gate, two migrant workers launched a heated discussion on the social contractual relationship between the rapid development and change of government and labor in the hinterland of China's manufacturing industry.

Xu Miao asked, "I have worked here for 6 years, and the others have worked for more than 10 years.

Who will compensate us? "

Xu Miao turned out to be Wei Xu in Dongguan, a large manufacturing center in southern Guangdong province.

(Weixu Shoe Factory) work.

According to the law, Xu Miao can get 1 months' compensation every 1 years.

Xu Miao's boss fled in November 1st, leaving more than 4000 employees who did not get paid for at least two months and suppliers demanding repayment of 100 million yuan in debt.

Taxi driver Gao Shen GUI retorted, "you should not trouble the government.

This is a problem between you and the private sector. "

But now they find themselves at the forefront of China's economic slowdown, and have adopted a more aggressive stance to prevent possible social unrest in the backyard.

The emergency pay fund for wages owed to employees is being set up, and government officials are actively monitoring the factory so as to find the factory before bankruptcy.

In addition to the Shenzhen government's 50 million yuan emergency wage protection fund for arrears of wages, each district government has set up a 5 million yuan wage arrears fund.

Despite the increasingly desperate measures taken by the government, there is still widespread debate over the true size of the problem and how much responsibility the global economy should take.

Over the past year, the number of factory failures in the Pearl River Delta has been increasing.

The initial fuse included the steady appreciation of the renminbi against the US dollar and the rising cost of labor and raw materials.

In the first three quarters of this year, the export volume of Guangdong increased by 13.5% to 301 billion US dollars.

The smaller factories in the field of plastic products and toys were hit most.

Local government officials acknowledge that in recent months, with the global financial crisis beginning to affect the demand of overseas consumers, and then the order of Chinese made products, the bad situation has become worse.

In the past two months, the district government has paid 20 million yuan in compensation for emergency workers.

However, the assistance provided by local governments is limited.

Although government officials quickly paid their wages in the budget, they were unwilling to accept overtime or dismissal costs.

Fan Tianhua, an old employee who has worked for 20 years, said: "we can only wait for the equipment and land of the government auction companies."

Now he and other workers spend time in the park opposite the town government office, waiting for news from government officials who supervise the liquidation of factories.

"Finding jobs elsewhere is no problem."

Fan Tianhua said, "we just want to get back the money that Wei owes us."

He pointed out that other factories are still looking for manpower.

The last ones are banks and other creditors, some of whom are taking over the problem themselves.

The supplier stayed at the factory gate all night, worried that the company's assets might be stolen.

One of the 100 suppliers who owed their debts.

"There are 2 million yuan worth in the factory," he said.

We are very concerned about their problems. "

"We stay in front of the factory at night because we believe that someone may want to steal them.

Government officials have been trying to evacuate us, but we will come back to take care of them. "