The New Generation Of Migrant Workers: The Generation With Dreams

In the near future, a lack of work tide sweeping across the southeast coast has caused unprecedented concern for the new generation (post-80s, post-90s) migrant workers.

The disparity between the group and the previous generation of migrant workers' lives and work patterns has also led to a big discussion between the spreading network and traditional media.

In Quanzhou, the manufacturing industry in Fujian Province, the largest migrant worker group in the province has been brought together. The total number of migrant workers from all over the country is over 2 million, of which more than 65% belong to the new generation of migrant workers after 80 and 90.

In recent days, journalists have come into this group of concern, listening to their voices and feeling their true life.

Saturday, March 13th, North Peak Industrial Park, Quanzhou.

In order to "rush to work", early in the morning, many factories in the industrial area began to hire long workers on the roadside.

Ma Linhu, director of human resources in a handicraft production enterprise, told reporters that after the festival, the turnover rate of employees was less than 40%, and the management of the company was trying every means to recruit workers.

The tide is spreading now, and nearby factories are hiring people. This happens almost every day, and the weekend is even more serious.

Seize the opportunity to job hopping and wages rise.

Ma Linhu said that in the company's workforce, 80 and 90's generation accounted for 75%.

"These new generation of migrant workers are in a very unstable state of work. They often go away, sometimes without even getting paid."

Marlin said helplessly.

Before the recruitment of "long dragon", a fashionable young man attracted the attention of reporters.

Reporters after questioning that the young man named Zhang Leilin, 23 years old, came to work in Quanzhou for three years.

He said last year he worked as a shoemaker in a children's shoe factory in Nanan. The monthly salary was around 1300 yuan. After the last pay after the Spring Festival, he did not plan to go back.

Zhang Leilin was very dissatisfied with the previous treatment of shoemaking.

He worked out a life account: 200 yuan a month, 100 yuan for telephone, 500 yuan for food, 300 yuan for daily miscellaneous expenses, and nothing left in one month.

"I've been around here for a few days looking for a factory that can provide free accommodation and a higher salary."

Zhang Leilin said.

Zhang's experience is very representative in the migrant workers who have worked for one or two years recently.

Reporters interviewed a number of new generation of migrant workers found that these young workers who have not worked for a long time, the wages are not high, the work skills are not yet skilled, most of the ordinary operators, because of low wages, often choose to frequent job hopping, free in between several factories, lead a "mixed day is a day" days.

And some skilled technicians, in the absence of large labor background, are also choosing job hopping.

In March 10th, in Jinjiang, Chen Dai Town, the recruitment market of China shoes capital, Lin Duofu, a post-80s migrant worker from Huaihua, Hunan, carefully read all kinds of recruitment information on the recruitment column.

Half an hour later, he chose Anta and XTEP to interview several large enterprises.

On the same day, after discussing the remuneration and other benefits, he finally reached a job search intention with Anta.

Lin Duofu told reporters that he had worked as a shoemaker for a medium-sized sports shoe company in Chen Dai town for over four years, and accumulated rich experience in operation, so that he could succeed in job hopping to Anta.

"The company provides apartments free of charge, and the wages have been raised a lot."

Lin Dover said happily.

During the interview, the reporter learned that due to lack of work tide, quite a few new generation of migrant workers seize the opportunity to job hopping, and wages rise with the tide, especially skilled workers.

Those enterprises with strong strength and good working environment are often "met" by migrant workers, while some small factories with poor working environment, the new generation of migrant workers often choose to vote with feet.

In March 12th, reporters at the Quanzhou labor force service center saw Liu Xiao Mei, who was employed as a waitress in a downtown hotel.

She told reporters that she had worked in a garment factory for a year and a half, and though she still had low wages, she still wanted to change her environment.

"The work of the factory is too hard, sometimes it is too tired to stretch the waist, while the work of the hotel attendants is 200 yuan lower than that of the clothing factory, but the work is much easier and more free time."

Liu Xiaomei pointed out the intention of job hopping.

In view of the frequent job hopping phenomenon of the new generation of migrant workers, Liao Minxin, deputy director of the Shishi Bureau of personnel and labor and social security, said that Quanzhou's industries are mainly labor-intensive, such as traditional textile, clothing, shoes and hats and stones, and require a large number of front-line labor.

The new generation of migrant workers, the hard-working spirit is obviously inferior to the previous generation. These young people are more and more reluctant to work in the front line of the factory. By contrast, they prefer the service industry with better and easier working environment, such as hotels and restaurants.

New generation of workers: skills and management skills

"I went to Fuzhou last month, I went to Xiamen this month, and I will probably go to Quanzhou next month". This is the evaluation of Lao Li, an old generation worker, to her son Li Xiaoyong.

Li Lihua is from Jiujiang, Jiangxi, and has worked in the area of Hui Nan Industrial Zone in Huian County for 8 years.

He told reporters that the purpose of their generation to work in town is simple, that is, to earn as much money as possible and send money home so that they can live a better life in the countryside.

Save more money, and when you are old, return to the countryside to comfortably provide for the elderly.

But Li Xiaoyong, the younger generation, is not satisfied with this.

In Li Xiaoyong's opinion, it is important to earn money to work in cities, but it is more important to learn technology and find room for development.

"I hope my salary is not simply staying at 1000 yuan level, I want to do something in skills and management."

Li Xiaoyong confidently planned his future.

"If the job is promising, I would like to start with the apprentice."

Li Xiaoyong said.

At Quanzhou technical school, Zhang Ruiqiang, who came to register to learn automobile parts production technology, told reporters that he had worked in a mechanical factory in Licheng District of Quanzhou for two years before.

But after the Spring Festival, he quit the job and decided to go to the technical school to learn how to make auto parts.

Zhang Ruiqiang confidently planned: "if you have a skill, you will not worry about salary when you go there."

According to the director of Quanzhou technical school, this year, like Zhang Ruiqiang, he has worked experience, but he chose more and more new generation of migrant workers who return to school technology.

"After they work, they know what the society is short of and what the factory lacks.

The person in charge said.

Now, the new generation of migrant workers, thinking about the problem in the longer term, they have "charging" needs, and willing to spend money on training.

They have the dream of taking root in a city.

In March 1st, after dinner, Lin Shenghui, a young worker who worked in a children's clothing company in Fung Li street, Shishi, visited 6 people, including Wu Xiao Hui, Lai Shiming and so on. He went to the Shishi movie theater to watch the movie "Afanda".

"Watch movies, go to the Internet bar, surf the Internet, play football near the stadium..."

Now our spare time life is quite rich. "

Lin Sheng Hui, 19, told reporters happily.

The 80 and 90's new generation of migrant workers like Lin Shenghui are becoming the main force of migrant workers in Quanzhou.

Unlike the old generation of migrant workers, almost all of these young people carry "city dreams".

Like fashion, quality, emotional needs...

Many of their needs are almost the same as those of urban youth.

"I'd rather pick garbage in Quanzhou than I would like to go home for farming."

Xiao Hong, a Post-80 peasant worker from Taining County, told reporters that his hometown was located in remote rural areas of Taining county.

Many people in the village go out to work. Even if I go home to work, I can't see many people. It's not fun. "

He said.

"I have worked outside for 4 years, and there is no difference between work and lifestyle in Quanzhou.

It's hard for me to accept going back to the countryside, but in Quanzhou, I will not think too much about my future life.

Xiao Hong said in a confused way.

"Does this company pay three risks for its employees?"

This is the new generation of migrant workers when asked Huang Runsheng often asked questions.

Huang Runsheng, chief of the Employment Department of the Quanzhou labor employment center, told reporters that the new generation of migrant workers is more conscious of their rights protection than the older generation. Many of them want to integrate into Quanzhou and take root in Quanzhou. Therefore, they put forward requirements for "three risks" so that they can be treated in the future.

Reporters learned that most of the younger generation, especially the 85 migrant workers, had no sense of belonging to the countryside. They wanted to integrate into the city, but their income was not high enough to take root in the city.

They are becoming a "sandwich layer" hovering between urban and rural areas.

Not long ago, Zhang Huiping, vice president of the Quanzhou Federation of trade unions, who led the recruitment group to Hubei, Hunan and other places, told reporters that the new generation of migrant workers not only came out to make money, but also had the need to go out to work and cultural life, and had more plans to shore up the coast.

When they apply for a job, they often ask, "is there an Internet cafe near the factory?

Is there a library?

Can you settle down there? "

And so on.

It is understood that in order to allow more migrant workers to integrate into Quanzhou, Quanzhou has promulgated the "Provisional Regulations on the protection of migrant workers' legitimate rights and interests" in Quanzhou, "opinions on further compulsory education for migrant workers' children", "opinions on Further Strengthening the management of mobile population services" and so on, so that migrant workers enjoy treatment, employment, children's education, social security, rights and interests maintenance, settlement and other aspects of treatment.