Migrant Workers Take The Initiative To Resign And Return Home For The New Year

Li Chengwen returned to the countryside before the Spring Festival. Last year, he was laid off by factories, and this year he resigned voluntarily. 

"It's not interesting to get that salary. I might as well go home earlier." On January 25th, Li Chengwen, a Sichuan boy waiting at Guangzhou Railway Station square, said. At this time, there are nearly 20 days away from the Lunar New Year's day.

In fact, this situation is not surprising. Migrant workers returning home have packed Guangzhou Railway Station square many days ago. "At the end of December last year, many people began to return. It was like Spring Festival in early January this year." Xiao Zhang, who keeps order at the railway station square, said Xiao Zhang.

According to statistics released by the customs and Excise Department of Guangdong, Guangdong province entered in December last year. Exit Increased by 30% over the same period, the number of orders has reached the peak in a year. However, because of the early rush of workers to pack up and go home, enterprises are short of manpower, so the bosses have to push away the orders they dreamed of during the financial crisis and leave early.


How to relieve Labor shortage Many owners said there was no effective way. Yin Tong, owner of an electronics factory in Baiyun District of Guangzhou, said: "there is nothing to do but wait until later."

After orders increase


Li Chengwen was very casual about quitting his job.

"The factory will have to leave on the 4 th of next month, and I quit after I asked for leave." He leaned over his bag and told the reporter with ease. "There are ten townships who resigned with me, and we agreed to go home together."

There are few migrant workers who resigned with Li Chengwen in order to get home early. "The workers have not thought about going to work, and when they ask for a holiday every day, some simply ask for leave or quit." Cao Cao, a cosmetics factory in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, said. According to him, because of this reason, many of his hometown's factories are in advance. "The workers ask for a holiday a year earlier than the year, and the boss has no way to do it. He said.

In fact, such a request can "hurt" the enterprise. The financial crisis of a year has made it difficult for enterprises to meet orders, but the orders in the second half of the year have just increased significantly, and the lack of workers has forced the production machine to stop.

"Many businesses are short of people. It is a common problem in Dongguan. Migrant workers have gone back to the new year, and there are orders to be considered. Chen Yaoshen, vice president of the Dongguan Furniture Industry Association, told the "China Times" reporter. According to statistics from relevant departments, last year was known as Made in China More than 90% of the factories in Dongguan are short of workers. For this reason, 50% of the factory's 30%-50% production machines are underrun.

Enterprises have to put out their own tricks. Yin Tong's factory now has more than 400 workers, he told our reporter, "the worker gap is more than 200, there is no way, so we have to transfer dozens of administrative personnel to the production line so that they can work overtime at night."

"At the end of the year, this situation is even more prominent. I had to cancel two orders a few days ago, plus all other reasons for resignation. The workers have already left dozens of them, or leave early. " Yuan Nengbing, owner of a garment factory in Dalang Town, Dongguan, said. Cao Cao, the cosmetics factory, also told reporters: "the factory has the best business at the end of the year, and the boss is also forced to leave in advance."

Li Chengwen moved to Shijie Town, Gao Zhen and Guangzhou Xintang town last year, and worked in four factories in Dongguan.

"The salary is too low, which is about 1200 yuan, and the work is very tired." Li Chengwen felt at work in factories almost all the same. No factory could make him settle down for half a year. According to a joint research conducted by a media in Guangdong and MIT and Zhongshan University, workers' wage increase after the financial crisis is not obvious, only increased by 10% to 20%.

Even so, Li Chengwen took his own thought, "always feel that the next house will be better, and later it is not good, but still want to try." In fact, his attempt has basically become the common ground of the new generation of migrant workers. The factory lacks workers to give Li Chengwen sufficient choice, and they constantly choose to create the fact that workers are moving fast and lacking workers.


For a whole year, the PRD Industry The factory gate is constantly updating recruitment advertisements. "Basically, I haven't saved money for a year, because my wages are low, and I often change jobs." Li Chengwen said, "I want to do something else in 2010, but I don't want to go to the factory."


According to Li Chengwen, his father had worked in the Pearl River Delta for nearly 20 years, and he did not come back two years ago. In recent years, the state has implemented a subsidy policy for afforestation. The local subsidy standard is to subsidize 5 yuan per tree per year. His family plans to plant 5000 trees every year on the barren hills. The single subsidy is far greater than that of the workers.


Yuan Nengbing, the owner of a garment factory who has opened factories for nearly twenty years, also concluded: "they have many roads. Many of the older generation of migrant workers have not come out to work anymore. In recent years, the state has introduced various subsidies to agriculture and has a certain source of income." This also causes the new generation of migrant workers to see that they are very casual about earning money from work. Even if they do not save money, they do not have to worry too much about their income and expenditure.


Many bosses interviewed by our reporter complained that many of the younger generation of migrant workers like Li Chengwen are impetuous and unwilling to be workers on the production line. Yin Tong was rather helpless about this situation. He said, "nowadays young people are playing, not to work."


Industrial predicament

A number of migrant workers interviewed said that wages were slightly improved last year, but the rate of improvement was small. Yuan Nengbing also said: "I also raised wages for workers last year. For enterprises, this is already a big expense, and the workers' reaction is not obvious. It's time to go."

When people are questioning why companies are unable to raise wages significantly, bosses are worrying about raising wages for workers in a small way. Take Yuan Nengbing's garment factory as an example. If the monthly salary of each worker is increased by 200 yuan, Yuan Nengbing will have to pay 200 thousand yuan more for thousands of workers in a month. "For workers, a monthly increase of 200 yuan has not changed much, but for enterprises, the cost will increase substantially, profits will be greatly reduced, and competitiveness will be greatly reduced." Yuan Nengbing said.

According to Lin Tao, the project leader who investigates the income and expenditure of migrant workers, the small and medium-sized enterprises in the Pearl River Delta mainly rely on orders. Most of them do not have bargaining power, and their profits have been reduced to the lowest in the entire industrial chain. The manufacturing industry in the Pearl River Delta, which is based on the advantage of cheap labor, is no longer satisfied with the price.

Recent years Labor shortage It has seriously affected the manufacturing industry in the Pearl River Delta. According to Yuan Nengbing, before taking orders, we should first consider the shortage of manpower. Some orders are afraid to pick up because of lack of work. Not only that, but because of the shortage of workers in the production line, the quality of the products is also affected. "Production management, there is no guarantee, because you asked the workers, criticized him, he walked away. As a result, the quality of products in the whole industry is decreasing. If this continues, the development of the manufacturing industry may be reversed. Yuan Nengbing said with concern.

Liu Zhigeng, Secretary of the Dongguan Municipal Committee, still feels that we should start with raising wages. "If wages do not increase, it will be even harder to recruit unions." However, in order to raise wages, enterprises must be able to bear the high cost of labor and must have higher added value.

The Pearl River Delta, known for its manufacturing industry, put forward the idea and measures of industrial transformation and upgrading many years ago, and comprehensively promoted "cage changing birds". At the beginning of last year, the outline of the Pearl River Delta reform and development plan formally approved by the State Council formally proposed that by 2020, the added value of the modern service industry will account for more than 60% of the added value of the service industry, and the added value of the high-tech manufacturing industry will be accounted for. Industry The ratio of added value is 30%.

From adjusting the industry to solve the employment problem, it takes time and suffering from pain, but it is a fundamental solution.