1.000 BatteriearbeiterInnen im Streik - Verteidigung gegen Repression

Seit dem gestrigen Dienstag befinden sich zunehmend mehr Beschäftigte der Gold Peak Batteriefabrik im Streik - gegen ungleiche L öhne und andere Diskriminierungen, sowie für eine generelle Lohnerhöhung (die es schon seit Jahren nicht mehr gab) die angesichts explodierender Nahrungsmittelpreise dringend nötig ist. Inzwischen streiken über 1.000 Beschäftigte, nachdem zunächst viele neueingestellte BandarbeiterInnen sich abwartend verhielten. Bei der Demonstration der Belegschaft wurde die Antiaufruhrpolizei daran gehindert, mit ihren Einsatzwagen an den Schauplatz des Geschehens zu kommen. Der Bericht "More than 1000 Gold Peak (Huizhou Power Pack) workers went on strike today" von MW vom 8. Dezember 2009.

More than 1000 Gold Peak (Huizhou Power Pack) workers went on strike today December 8, 2009

In the morning, workers were dissatisfied with their company's long-standing practice of differential treatment--older employees' base pay is only 33 yuan per day, while the new internship students recruited from a Vocational College are given 40 yuan per day. For a long time, the company has not raised wages, but food prices keep soaring which makes the workers unbearable to live. So this morning the old workers started the strike.

At first, the assembly line workers just watch. After lunch the combination workers blocked the stairs and other workers and employees were not allowed to work.

In the afternoon, all the workers (more than 1,000) began to join the strike and the production is totally standstill. The managing director of Gold Peak (Huizhou) immediately stepped in and started the negotiations with worker representatives, but did not reach an agreement. Tomorrow workers may continue the strike.

Some poisoned workers are very concerned about the strike and they will be watching the development of the situation closely tomorrow as discrimination of payment also exists among the workers in the poisoned workers who are staying in the OSH hospital. Some of the poisoned workers plan to hold placards to protest against the plant's unfair treatment.

Ergänzung vom 9. Dezember 2009:

Today early in the morning, like yesterday, most of the workers go on strike. They walked to the main streets and block the traffic. They are very angry because they got the news that the night before three male workers were locked up in a room and heavily beaten up by the company's security guard. It is not clear if the workers are released or not. This is really a scandal for GP as a listing company in HK. The incident continues to develop ....the riot police came and the workers tried to block the police cars to move forward.

MW

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