Labor Costs Are High And Employment In Xinjiang Is Difficult.

Autumn is the harvest season, but now it is more difficult for people who are busy harvesting. Xinjiang Many places in North and South Xinjiang encountered employment difficulties. The difficulty of employment is mainly due to the divergence of labor prices.

　 Akesu area:

Akesu, first of all, said Akesu District, one of the main cotton producing areas. It has reached the harvest time of cotton harvest, but cotton farmers are worried that they will find it hard to pick up the flowers.

In September 15th, reporters at the central passenger station and railway station saw that the pickup workers with bags were sitting in groups, and the cotton farmers were negotiating with them about the price.

Reporters learned that this year cotton farmers generally believe that picking up flower workers are not easy to find, plus the factor of picking up flower brokers, the cost has reached 2 yuan per kilogram. Although the price of flower picking has dropped compared with that of last year, the purchase price of cotton is also nearly 2 yuan lower than that of last year.

Li Shengman is a cotton grower in the dry county. He has to find more than ten flower pickers in his more than 100 acres of land. He can't find one morning at the passenger station. "They pick up more than 2 yuan of cotton this year, and we (cotton) will go up to 7 or 8 yuan. Fertilizer, plastic film and seeds are all expensive, and we will have no money if the land costs. There are lots of people, but they don't want to go. "

Wang Wenzeng of the six regiment also searched for a long time and did not find a pickup. "The price of the cotton market is relatively low this year. They want to be a little bit high. We are now looking for more than 100 people. He wants 2 yuan, and the market price is about 2 yuan lower than last year. It's too high for us to accept. "

　 Aletai area:

But not in production. cotton In the areas where farmers rush to harvest other crops, they start hiring workers, which also leads to labor shortage. Fuhai County, for example.

Fuhai County agricultural production belongs to late autumn crops, and the harvest period is relatively concentrated, farmers in order to rush to harvest crops, a large number of hired workers. Dai Chunrong, a farmer in Fuhai County, finished his farm work early in the early September, and began working with his sisters to work in the surrounding area: "one day is fast, that is, four, five hundred yuan, three, four hundred yuan." If it's less, it's more than 200 yuan.

If a day is calculated at 150 yuan, every employee will earn at least 4000 yuan a month, and such high income will also lead to employment difficulties for individual enterprises.

Fuhai County three and the company is Fuhai county mainly sugar beet processing enterprises, every year from October to December become the main production season, demand a large number of workers, according to past practice, this year the company advertised early on television, recruiting seasonal workers, although the case has been open to 2200 to 2800/ months, but farmers and herdsmen seldom come to apply. Gong Deqing, director of the recruitment office of Fuhai County, three and company: "at present, we are one hundred and sixty workers with fixed workers, and there are still about two hundred and seventy people left."

According to the agriculture department, the peak season of crops in Fuhai county is mainly concentrated in September to October, and the demand for labor reached 10000, while the actual labor number was less than 8000, resulting in labor shortage in Fuhai county.

Awati County:

To cope with such labor shortage, many places have to do their homework early and play the main service card. Awati County cotton planting area is more than million mu annually. This year, they set up three flower picking service reception centers, and the service center has 24 hour rotation duty system. Each township farm has set up special reception points. Farmers and flower pickers are always ready to provide intimate services for them.

A harvest of two, even the farmer Li Lianmei planted 140 mu of cotton, she picked up the flower service reception center and soon came to work with 14 pickers from Shule, Kashi, and reached a consensus with them, and signed a flower picking agreement with them. This year's flower picking work has been guaranteed, and the price has declined since last year. She is very happy: "because of the poor work hard to find, I came to Awati pick up Florist reception, and soon found a small worker, this year's price is 2 cheaper than last year."

Wu Xiaoqin, deputy director of the Agricultural Office of Awati County, said that last year there was a shortage of flower workers in the counties, and the price of picking flowers was high, and cotton growers and counties were having a headache. This year, in addition to recruiting workers in the nearby Hotan and Kashi area and releasing labor information early, it mainly strengthened the service to pick up flower workers: "in the three counties of the county, Wulu kulle town and bumper harvest, three flower picking service reception centers were set up to pick up flower workers. Cotton grower We also provide comprehensive services and consultation. At the same time, we have released the price of flower picking this year to crack down on black intermediary, cotton farmers to drive up prices, deceive flower pickers, wage arrears, and so on, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of flower pickers.