Dissatisfied with the company’s move to bring migrant workers into the factory, the Guaiguai Zhongli factory union voted to strike indefinitely

After launching a strike at 5 o'clock in the morning today, the Guaiguai Zhongli Factory's enterprise union held an extraordinary membership meeting in the evening. The originally planned one-day warning strike was changed to a continued strike due to dissatisfaction with the company's intention to bring migrant workers into the factory. The union stated that members supported the extension of the strike with a nearly unanimous vote, and requested the Three Land Group and Guaiguai Company to restart negotiations with the union as soon as possible to propose specific plans for factory relocation, work rights, compensation and other issues.

Guaiguai Company stated that it expressed regret and respect for the indefinite strike and made several demands against the union. The salary has been increased by 5% starting from September 1, and the minimum wage will be increased by 4.7% next year. There will be no conflict, and the salary structure adjustment will be more transparent.

Guaiguai Company emphasized that employee benefits include domestic travel at least once a year, and reiterated its guarantee that there will be no layoffs in the two years before relocating the factory. After two years, priority will be given to protecting the rights and interests of local workers and reducing the number of foreign migrant workers. If they have to be laid off, they will be given a maximum salary gap of 6 months in accordance with the Labor Standards Law, plus an additional 2 months, for a total of 8 months of severance pay. It hopes that the union will continue to negotiate.

The union pointed out that it originally hoped to express its demands to management through a one-day strike, but during the strike, agents took migrant workers to the union strike picket line twice. Although the migrant workers did not end up working in the factory, this move caused dissatisfaction among members and became one of the important reasons for the decision of the extraordinary general meeting to continue the strike.

The union emphasized that currently the labor and management parties have not reached consensus on most matters, as claimed by the company, including work arrangements in the next two years, labor conditions after the factory is relocated, and related compensation. Disputes are still pending for negotiation.

The union also stated that since the news of the land sale at the Zhongli factory was exposed, members have not formally met with the company chairman, and the time and location of the next labor negotiation have not yet been confirmed, making employees uneasy about future work arrangements.