【新唐人2012年1月26日讯】2012年伦敦奥运会的两只独眼怪兽吉祥物深受喜爱。然而,日前有英国媒体披露,生产吉祥物毛绒玩具的中国工厂却是个环境恶劣、压榨工人的“血汗工厂”。伦敦奥运会主办方已宣布展开全面调查。大陆人士表示,中国的“血汗工厂”比比皆是,劳工待遇低下现象早已存在。
英国《太阳报》1月19号发表了“奥林匹克的奴隶”独家报导。报导指出,伦敦奥运会官方吉祥物是在中国的一家“血汗工厂”制造的。
报导认为,位于中国江苏省盐城市的“彩虹公司”,剥削工人,工人待遇偏低,月薪仅900多元人民币。
报导还说,工人们没有一天假日,每个月工作385个小时,约合每天12个小时。报导还援引工厂一位名叫张晴(译音)的40岁女工的话说,她觉得精疲力尽,可是又没有其他选择。
《太阳报》的这篇报导引起了2012伦敦奥运会主办方的关注。伦敦奥运主办单位表示,已下令调查是否属实,并将公布结果。
法律工作者、大陆维权人士李向阳指出,中国有30%轻工业产品出口到国外,这是中共的经济支柱之一。假如要全面的提高劳工的工作报酬的话,中国会有大批的企业倒闭。中共为了稳定既得集团的利益,施行了潜规则,就是无情的剥夺劳工。
大陆法律维权人士李向阳:“中国人口多,就业机会相对说是少的,一个农民工假如为了自己工作报酬强硬抗争的话,他就会丧失他的劳动岗位。特别是中国的农民工为了求生存,不得不付出100份的汗水来拿一份、两份的工资,这是中国通常的状况。”
江苏经商人士王承志表示,中共统治中国这么多年来,一直使用压制政策,工人根本没有说话的权利和机会,大陆自上而下,在专制政权里产生的“血汗工厂”太多了。
江苏商人王承志:“工资这么低,‘血汗工厂’这种事情太多了太多了,举不胜举。你到了下面市级政府,包括县级政府、省里的政府,它都是独裁统治。他只要把每个地方独裁的NO.1把它买通好,你就再告也没有用。甚至谁告了,把他抓起来坐监狱,找个毛病说他寻衅滋事,扰乱社会治安,给他安个罪名,然后就把他抓起来,告了也没有用。”
“中国劳动者联盟”报导,2012年1月4号下午,港资企业“中扩永威”旗下“梧州永威玩具厂”,因拖欠工资和元旦没有发加班费,导致全体工人大罢工。然而当局派出大批警察在现场戒备,防止工人上街。
去年,总部设在香港的“中国劳工观察”组织公布一份调查报告,报告指出,中国生产名牌电子产品的企业工作条件恶劣,工人们经常被迫超时加班,很不人道。这是针对大陆的10家跨国集团公司,调查后得出的结论。
今年伦敦奥运与残奥吉祥物是温洛克(Wenlock)和曼德维尔(Mandeville),外貌结合电影《怪兽电力公司》的独眼怪“大眼仔”与电玩主角“刺猬音速小子”。2010年8月英格兰的“金熊公司”(Golden Bear)中标得到生产合约,随后转手承包给中国江苏省盐城市的“彩虹公司”。
新唐人记者唐睿、孙宁采访报导。
Olympic Slaves in Mainland Sweatshops
People admired the two one-eyed mascots of the London
2012 Olympic Games, but British media revealed that the
Chinese toy factory which produces the mascots is a sweatshop
with poor working conditions that are draining workers.
The London Organising Committee has announced its full
investigation.
Many Chinese said that sweatshops exist all over China,
with longstanding poor treatment of workers.
British “Sun" published an exclusive report on January 19th.
It stated that the mascots for the London Olympic Games are
produced by a Chinese sweatshop.
The report said that the factory named Rainbow, located
in Yancheng city Jiangsu province, exploits workers.
The workers have a very low monthly salary, only
a little bit more than 900 yuan RMB ($142 USD).
The report noted that no holiday time off is given to workers.
They work for 385 hours per month,
which equal nearly 12 hours per day.
The report also quoted Zhang Qing, a 40-year-old female
worker, who says she is exhausted but has no other choice.
The “Sun" report attracted the concern of the London
Organising Committee.
They say they have ordered an investigation and will
publish the result upon completion.
Li Xiangyang, a Chinese lawyer and activist, said that China
Exports 30% of light industrial products to other countries,
which is one of the pillars supporting the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP)’s economic system.
If they increasing compensation to workers, a large number
of Chinese businesses will bankrupt.
CCP implements an unspoken rule to maintain benefits from
its vested interests, which are depriving workers ruthlessly.
Li Xiangyang: ”China has a big population, and the chance of
an employment opportunity is relatively slim.
The migrant worker will lose its job if he asks for fair
compensation.
The farm workers, especially, have to work for survival
which means they pay in with 100% sweat, but only get 1% or 2% in return.
It’s the common situation all around China.”
Wang Chengzhi, a Jiangsu businessman says the CCP has
used repressive policies to control China for many years now.
The workers don’t have the right for the opportunity to
speak out about their needs.
Controlled by the dictatorial regime, China has too many
sweatshops.
Wang Chengzhi: “The wage is very low.
There’s too many sweatshops, too numerous to mention.
If you visit a city government, or a county government, or
a province government, you will find they are under dictatorship.
If the factory uses money to make the ‘No. 1’ happy,
there’s nobody to listen to you.
They will even arrest you if you sue the factory.
They can find an excuse such as you disrupted public order,
then charge and arrest you. It’s no use to sue.”
“Chinese Workers Union" reported, “Wuzhou Yongwei Toy
Factory is a subsidiary of a Hong Kong owned “Zhongkuo Yongwei.”
In the afternoon of January 4th 2012, the workers went on strike
because the factory didn’t pay them on time,
and didn’t pay them overtime for work during the new year.
The authority sent out a large number of police to prevent
the workers from taking to the street.
Last year, the Hong Kong based “China Labor Watch"
released a survey reporting that the working conditions
in well known electronic companies with factories in China
are very poor.
The workers are forced to work overtime, which is inhumane.
The survey investigated 10 global companies.
The mascots of the London 2012 Olympic Games were
named Wenlock and Mandeville.
The design combines the one-eyed monster Mike Wazowski
from the cartoon movie Monsters, Inc. and Sonic the Hedgehog from the video game.
In August, 2010, the England based Golden Bear Company won
the production contract, but subcontracted to Rainbow, the Chinese factory in Jiangsu province.
NTD Reporters: Tang Rui and Sun Ning