while many Chinese are enjoying the winter solstice and family reunion with nice dan yuan and meal. yet. more than 1000 Chinese workers are still living outside the factory on strike to demands their payment to be given fairly ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Urgent Appeal Tell Uniqlo and G2000 to Stop Using Violence Against Workers in Artigas Factory 19 December 2014 On 18 December 2014, hundreds of police stormed into the Hong Kong owned Artigas Clothing & Leatherware Company in Shenzhen. China to disperse workers who have been on strike for nine days to demand their mandatory social insurance and housing provident fund premiums. Instead of answering the strikers’ request for a negotiation with the employer on 18 December, police were called in to clear the way for the factory management to ship the finished clothing to Uniqlo. 31 leading strikers were arrested and 1 of them was hospitalized for serious injuries in the head, many other workers were injured. Others, including pregnant women workers were beaten up by the police. Under custody, the detained workers were pressed by the police to quit the strike. Their colleagues in the factory were intimidated by the management to return to work, and elect the hand-picked persons as bargaining representatives. The striking workers managed to stand together and forced to sign a “Waive rights Declaration” , All striking workers rejected to sign the declaration, and all the workers were released before midnight after more than 12 hours’ detention. The Retail, Commerce and Clothing Industries General Union of Hong Kong (RCCIGU) and the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) are calling your support to tell the Shenzhen Municipal government and the Japanese and Hong Kong buyers of Artigas, Uniqlo and G2000 the following : (1) Stop using violence and other punishments against workers in Artigas. Police force, unfair dismissals and other punishments cannot solve labour conflicts. (2) Enter into fair collective negotiation with the striking workers and the representatives they elected as soon as possible. Contact Person: Loy WONG (+852 6377 5505) Initiated by: Retail, Commerce and Clothing Industries General Union Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions Supported by: Catering and Hotels Industries Employees General Union CGAS Geneva (The Geneva Unions Confederation) Coach Drivers Union Community Care and Nursing Home Workers General Union Construction Site Workers General Union Cleaning Service Industry Workers Union Concrete Industry Workers Union CUHK Employees General Union Chinese Working Women Network Federation of Bus Drivers Unions Federation of Hong Kong Transport Worker Organizations Globalization Monitor Hong Kong Domestic Workers General Union Hong Kong & Kowloon Life Guards Union Hong Kong Women Workers’ Association Labour Education and Service Network Left 21 Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre Personal and Community Services Workers General Union Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour Swire Beverages ( Hong Kong) Employees General Union Union of Hong Kong Dockers Workers’ Empowerment
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:56:13 +0000
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