Today, let's talk about the problem of migrant workers' unpaid wages. During the recent Chinese New Year, I have also consulted many relatives and friends who are working as migrant workers several times. Among the relatives and friends, the project manager, the contractor, the worker, everyone.
Many people have noticed that the wages of this migrant worker are not low now, especially at construction sites. Take Xi'an, for example, skilled workers (construction sites called big workers), the general daily wage has been more than 300 yuan. According to this standard, how, in the case of full attendance, January is also 8,000 (there are also overtime at the construction site), which is not low. But, why, there are still many young people who are reluctant to do this. Everyone has time to go to the construction site to see, looking at the past, most of the workers are already above fifty, and even the old men of sixty or seventy years old are considered young when they are forty years old. Moreover, there is a shortage of good workers in the construction site business, especially young people. To put it mildly, young skilled workers are currently better at construction sites than contractors.
Let's talk about a real case, in the author's hometown, that place is also a rural area. There is such a migrant worker in his thirties in this village, who also began to contract some small projects three years ago, and we temporarily call him Xiao Wang. It was from relatives and friends who raised 1 million yuan and entered the market. The workers under him are mainly three parts, one, relatives, seven aunts and eight aunts. Second, the workers who originally met at the construction site. Third, recruited in the society. These people are also uneven in level, such as relatives, most of them will not do anything, most of them can only work as small workers. Workers and society recruit, more than some level. Therefore, he told his relatives that the salary was 150 yuan a day, and the living expenses were paid one day a month, and the rest was settled at the end of the year. In the society, there are two or three hundred, and the specific cost of living is discussed, ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 yuan. But what is the reality? The general contractor delayed in paying him on time according to the schedule, and Xiao Wang quickly spent the money. And, there are new projects that cost money. Therefore, he could drag and drag, tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall. The wages of skilled workers recruited by society are as satisfying as possible, of course, not necessarily completely cleared. On the side of relatives, in three years, some people have owed more than 100,000 yuan. For this reason, many relatives have stopped doing it.
In the past two years, the state has issued three orders and five applications to prohibit arrears in the payment of wages to migrant workers. Moreover, a series of regulations have been introduced. However, implementation has been unsatisfactory. If this is paid monthly, I am afraid that few construction companies in the country can do it. If you go through the judicial route, it will take time and money, and migrant workers will not be able to afford it. Therefore, now a new profession has emerged on the construction site: commando, dry day. One day you don't pay it, and the next day you don't do it.
Let's talk about migrant workers. Objectively speaking, Chinese is the most industrious in the world, no matter how dangerous, no matter how dirty and messy work is not afraid. However, they also have to live, everyone has a family behind them, and behind every migrant worker there is a bitter story. In terms of the incident of salary begging or non-payment of wages that has become common at this construction site, it is indeed regrettable.
I have a cousin who is Chinese New Year's Eve years old. In the past, I worked in Guangdong and was an electrician. Later, he felt that the factory was not free and the wages were low, so he ran out to the construction site to work as a migrant worker. In 2021, he went to work at three construction sites. As of now, two more construction sites owe him money. One is that in July last year, he stopped working because of a quarrel with the foreman, there were more than 7,000, and the money was said to have not been given. The other is the construction site where he is now staying, which owes him more than 30,000 years ago, and it is also said that it will be cleared a good year ago. However, in the year 28, the bank card only gave more than 20,000 calls, and still owed 10,000. And my cousin also has a car loan and a mortgage, about 5,000 per month. Originally, he was paid on time, and he was still rich. However, often due to salary arrears, he became a regular customer of online loan companies such as Huabei borrowing JD Baitiao, and in addition, he also ran a bunch of credit cards.
Therefore, although the wages on construction sites are higher than those of factories. However, due to the high risk, high labor intensity, low social status, and difficult to find a target, especially the general situation of wage arrears. Even many young people with low education have chosen to retreat from them. Even if they are still engaged in this older generation of migrant workers, they do not want their children to engage in this, but hope to study more. So, why do so many migrant workers still choose to struggle on the construction site? In a word, they still have a jackhammer on them, and they have no choice...
