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May Day is approaching, and the whole country is lively.
But looking at the five-day long vacation, the workers really can't laugh.
Two days off are accounted for, two days off are drawn, and one day off is taken together.
However, thinking back to the beginning, May Day was a real seven days.
Happy on May 17, happy to think about.
However, this long-awaited holiday came to an abrupt end in 2008.
All of this starts with the man named Cai Jiming.
The initiator of the shortened vacation
"The May Day holiday is too long, I think 3 days is enough. ”
In 2006, a man named Cai Jiming submitted his holiday adjustment plan to the central government.
When the vast number of working people who have been on a seven-day vacation heard this, their hearts were half cold.
It is said that cutting off people's financial routes is like killing parents, and the power of cutting holidays is no less than this.
At the risk of angering the whole country, who is Cai Jiming?
Clicking on his work resume, he couldn't find any substantive work experience.
After graduating from university, Cai Jiming did not work, but chose to continue his studies at Henan University.
After obtaining a master's degree in economics, he joined the Institute of Economic Research of Nankai University as a research assistant for two years.
Perhaps it was here that he cultivated his interest in scientific research, and Cai Jiming studied for a doctorate in Nankai by the way.
Because I studied economics, the scope of employment is indeed a bit narrow.
After receiving his Ph.D., he stayed at the school as a lecturer.
From lecturer to associate professor, and then from associate professor to professor, Cai Jiming took five years.
In 1999, at the age of 43, he became a professor at the Institute of Economics at Tsinghua University.
At the same time, he is also a doctoral supervisor and has a group of graduate students under him.
This resume and this background, who doesn't say "amazing" when you see it.
After so many years of deep cultivation in the economic field, Cai Jiming feels that he should make a little contribution to the country.
In 2006, he led his research group and submitted a plan to the Central Committee for Promoting Democracy.
He requested that the "May Day Golden Week" holiday be shortened and dispersed to traditional festivals such as the Qingming Dragon Boat Festival.
The reason why Cai Jiming mentioned it so was naturally after analysis and investigation.
In his opinion, the "disadvantages" brought by the long holiday outweigh the "pros".
With such a long holiday, people are thinking about going home, which will cause traffic congestion.
In addition, after the holiday, it is difficult for workers to adapt to their jobs for a while, and labor efficiency may slow down.
The most important point is that so many people in the country stopped work at the same time, and productivity fell behind all of a sudden.
After a series of discussions, Cai Jiming's plan was agreed upon, and it was officially implemented in 2008.
In fact, Cai Jiming demanded that the "May Day Golden Week" and the "11th Golden Week" be cut at that time.
However, taking into account the people's feelings, the relevant departments chose a compromise plan and only revised the May Day time.
As soon as the new policy was announced, the whole country was boiling.
Everyone is looking for who is behind the scenes, and they can't wait to roast him on the fire.
Cai Jiming's plan is public, and it is very simple to find him along the vine.
Since then, his name has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the majority of workers.
This "holiday predator" naturally received "special care" from everyone.
There is a station in the post bar, which is specially used to scold him.
It's not enough to scold him on the Internet, many netizens call him directly to "greet" him.
After netizens scolded him, they would post their "achievements" to the post bar to show off.
Cai Jiming was unbearable, but he couldn't tell whether it was a work call or an abusive call.
Foul language came from the phone, and even directly threatened him.
"Be careful when walking. ”
"Sooner or later, someone will be found to assassinate you. ”
Because the impact of the matter was too great, Cai Jiming's wife and daughter didn't dare to mention that they were a family with him when they went out.
Cai Jiming said that he was very aggrieved, he just made a suggestion, and did not have the right to decide.
Why did he become the "backstabber"?
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally took the post bar website to court.
If it weren't for that post bar, his information wouldn't have been known by so many people, and he wouldn't have been harassed by so many people.
Cai Jiming believes that the platform has not fulfilled its review obligations and asked the platform to delete the post and apologize;
and compensate himself for mental damages of 2 million yuan.
"I'm not thinking about myself, I'm speaking up for people like me who have been subjected to online violence. ”
In 2010, Cai Jiming sued the Tieba case for the end of the first instance.
The court ruled in favor of Mr. Cai, but rejected most of his claims.
Among them, the 2 million that was required for compensation also became 100,000.
With the passage of time, Cai Jiming's name gradually disappeared from the public eye.
But what he left behind for hundreds of millions of workers was torture year after year.
The sorrow of the workers
In the blink of an eye, the three-day May Day holiday has been implemented for 16 years.
The reason why it is said to be 5 days is just a double holiday that should have been had.
5 days is 5 days, which is barely acceptable by 2 days less than before.
However, since the compensatory leave was introduced, the five-day holiday has also "changed".
One day this week, nine days next week.
The May Day holiday is all pieced together from the normal rest time of laborers.
The first person in the mainland to propose to take a leave of absence is simply a "genius", and I really don't know how to praise it.
From a national perspective, there are a number of benefits to this.
First, productivity is not bad, because everything that should be made up has been made up.
Second, the stimulus to the economy during the long holiday is huge.
Studies have shown that long holidays increase the travel expenses of low-income groups by 120 yuan;
The travel expenses of the high-income group increased by nearly 500 yuan.
Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg of the holiday economy.
The economic value behind China's large population is immeasurable.
After three years of the pandemic, China's tourism industry has been hit hard, and long holidays are needed to stimulate the recovery of the tourism industry.
In this economic game, the mood of the migrant workers is the least important thing.
No one cares how hard it is for you to work extra days.
No one cares that you are unemployed due to the epidemic and your wallet has long been dried up.
Today's workers are like bricks that move wherever they are needed.
Taking the original rest time as a holiday is really like a cow with a collar on itself.
No one is a fool if they contribute effort and money.
The pent-up resentment in the hearts of the workers will explode every holiday.
Now that May Day is approaching, the hot search for related complaints has always been high.
"If you can't put it down, don't let it go. ”
"Holidays are a joke. ”
The original holiday was restored, and the voices of boycotting the holiday were endless.
Is it true that no one hears it up there?
Of course, some people know that only what they say or what they don't say is the same result.
On April 20, CCTV News published a special article on the issue of vacation that everyone was arguing about.
"Whether you take a break or not, it's hard to meet everyone's needs. ”
I have to admit that there is some truth in this sentence.
But what people want to hear is not "cool talk", but practical solutions.
In fact, to put it simply, I want to stimulate the consumption of migrant workers, but I also don't want to "take advantage" of migrant workers on holidays.
The economy is at the forefront of the list, but who remembers why the festival was set up in the first place?
Labor Day in China's Past and Present
The celebration of Labor Day in mainland China can be traced back to 1918.
Li Dazhao's "History of the May Day Movement" and Cai Yuanpei's "Sacred Labor" are all waving flags and shouting for the working people.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, May Day was also listed as a statutory holiday.
It's just that unlike now, at the beginning there was only one day of vacation that was mandated.
At that time, the holiday was not yet tied to the economy, but simply to commemorate the historical significance of the day.
People took to the streets to attend rallies and pay tribute to workers who had made outstanding contributions.
The day is short, but it is meaningful, and the workers feel respect and history.
In 1999, the people's living standards improved dramatically.
Taking into account the pursuit of spiritual culture by the masses, the state revised the "National Holiday Measures" for the first time.
Spring Festival, May Day, National Day, all 7 days off.
3 "Golden Weeks", those who want to go home, those who want to travel.
While people are happy to enjoy the holiday, it also drives the growth of consumption.
However, with the change in the economic environment, the current situation is exactly the opposite of cause and effect.
In the past, it was the pleasant holidays that stimulated the economy, but now it is to stimulate consumption.
Lost heart, stolen vacation, when will it be closed?
epilogue
The holiday that people want is the one that really gets rest.
And not a holiday of "tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall".
Of course, the shortening of holidays and the problem of compensatory holidays cannot be blamed on individual people.
What we should reflect on is the current social environment and the protection of workers' rights and interests.
Although these are not something that can be changed overnight;
But as long as the masses are united, they will surely gather into one force in the future.
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Source of this article
[1] "Is this year's "May Day" crazy, looking back at how the "Seven Days of Happiness" became a five-day holiday"
[2] "Interview with Cai Jiming, Deputy to the National People's Congress: Deepening the Reform of the Land System, Promoting Urban-Rural Integration and Regional Coordinated Development"
[3] "Tsinghua Professor Cai Jiming sued Baidu for infringement in the second instance and was awarded 100,000 yuan in compensation"