Rights of migrant workers arouse social concern

时间：2007-04-12 02:49:55

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Chinanews, Lanzhou, Apr. 11 – Statistics show that there are now 200 million migrant workers in China. Most of them work in building, coal, catering1 or cloth-making industries. Migrant workers have contributed greatly to urban development.

 

However, many migrant workers do not get their payment after work. The Beijing Municipal Legal Aid Station for Migrant Workers recently released a report, which shows that nearly half of the migrant workers have the experience of not being paid. In addition, many migrant workers often can not get proper compensation if they are injured or die on the work site. Statistics show that in China, about 60 billion yuan of payment or compensation that should be paid to migrant workers are in arrears2. How to protect the interests of migrant workers and make sure their wage is paid on time has now aroused great concern among the general public.

 

On April 6, the Lanzhou Morning Post reported that five migrant workers in Gulang County, Gansu, were abandoned by their boss in a deserted3 mountainous area only because they asked their boss to pay them their wages.

 

“We stayed in the mountain for a whole night, feeling cold, hungry, and so helpless. We don't understand why we can't get the money we deserve,” a woman migrant worker told this reporter.

 

In recent years, China has enacted4 many new laws that deal with migrant workers payment, and their labor5 protection and social security issues. However, since many migrant workers have not signed any former contracts with their bosses, they are maliciously6 used by their bosses. Large amounts of money that should be paid to these migrant workers are delayed intentionally7.

 

Professor Zhang from the Gansu University of Political Science and Law urges the government to make more laws to further strengthen the legal protection for migrant workers.

 

“Deferring workers' payment is not only an issue of delaying several hundred yuan, it actually infringes8 the wage-earners' right of survival indirectly9, ” he said.

 
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1 catering WwtztU     
n. 给养
参考例句：
  • Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
  • Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？
2 arrears IVYzQ     
n.到期未付之债，拖欠的款项；待做的工作
参考例句：
  • The payments on that car loan are in arrears by three months.购车贷款的偿付被拖欠了三个月。
  • They are urgent for payment of arrears of wages.他们催讨拖欠的工钱。
3 deserted GukzoL     
adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的
参考例句：
  • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
  • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。
4 enacted b0a10ad8fca50ba4217bccb35bc0f2a1     
制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
  • Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
5 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
6 maliciously maliciously     
adv.有敌意地
参考例句：
  • He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His enemies maliciously conspired to ruin him. 他的敌人恶毒地密谋搞垮他。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
7 intentionally 7qOzFn     
ad.故意地，有意地
参考例句：
  • I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
  • The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。
8 infringes b406277a31ea6577ebd748c1e3adf652     
v.违反（规章等）( infringe的第三人称单数 )；侵犯（某人的权利）；侵害（某人的自由、权益等）
参考例句：
  • Congressmen may be reluctant to vote for legislation that infringes the traditional prerogatives of the states. 美国国会议员可能不情愿投票拥护侵犯各州传统特权的立法。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
  • I can't say whether CP21 infringes it or not. 我就不能说CP21是否侵犯了SPOT的专利。 来自企业管理英语口语（第二版）(2)
9 indirectly a8UxR     
adv.间接地，不直接了当地
参考例句：
  • I heard the news indirectly.这消息我是间接听来的。
  • They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。

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