It was said that about 1.000 workers at Shanghai Shinmei Electric Company held their ten Japanese nationals and eight Chinese managers inside the factory in Shanghai from Friday morning until Saturday night. It said the managers were released uninjured after 300 police officers were called to the factory.
But why were these workers so angry?
In fact they had gone on strike to protest the company's issuing of new work rules, including time limits on bathroom breaks and fines for being late. They should only have two minutes to go to the toilet and they should be fined 50 yuan (€8) if they are late once and even fired if they are late twice.
Well aren’t these requirements ridiculous?!
Factories are operating in highly competitive markets and try to get more productivity from their labor force. More and more they are trying to introduce inhuman and absurd regulations as the one mentioned above.
As workers are getting better connected by mobile phones and the Internet so that they are becoming more aware of their rights, strikes have become omnipresent in China.
I consider it to be a good and important change for the Chinese society. I guess the majority of the Chinese population longs for being treated fairly by the government and not to be oppressed and hold back in uncertainty of their rights – of all human rights.
Going on strike is the best option people have to shout out loud that they are not at all satisfied with a certain situation. Public outcries are good ways to strengthen a population’s voice.
It’s a right everyone should be able to exercise. If you have it, please make use of it if you are unhappy with political conditions in your city, country or whatever!
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