Labor Day is approaching, and migrant workers who have been busy for a long time are looking forward to relaxing during the May Day period, but they really can't laugh when they look at the holidays that have been compensated.
But who knows, before 2008, the May Day holiday was 7 days, and finally at the suggestion of Tsinghua professor Cai Jiming, this happiness came to an abrupt end, and the May Day holiday became 5 days, and now there is only one day left after the holiday.
Why did Cai Jiming make such a suggestion? Who will protect the rights and interests of our workers?
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"Three days of the May Day holiday is enough"
In fact, before 2008, May Day had a 7-day holiday, and CCTV also had a program called "May 17 Day Music", which is enough to prove that the May Day 7-day holiday is real, but in fact, this news has only been released since 1999, and the previous holiday time was not very long.
Because of the long holiday, most people will choose to travel, to relax their body and mind, at that time on May Day, the whole country is immersed in joy, the major attractions in the country are crowded with people, but who knows that this happiness has not lasted long, just because a person is completely over.
This person is Tsinghua professor Cai Jiming, in 2006, he proposed a holiday adjustment plan to the central government, he said that the May Day holiday is too long, three days is enough, the extra time can be put on the Dragon Boat Festival and other traditional festivals, he explained this proposal.
On the one hand, the vacation time is too long, and the workers have been away from the post for too long, and it will take more time to adapt to the post after returning, which is not conducive to the development of work.
On the other hand, it will have an impact on traffic, everyone is rushing home, it is easy to cause traffic congestion, but the most important thing is that the holiday shutdown will affect the development of production, and then after some discussion, the above agreed to Cai Jinming's plan, so in 2008 the May Day holiday became five days.
In fact, in Cai Jiming's proposal, the eleventh holiday will also be shortened, but the superior leaders are afraid that reducing the two holidays at once will cause dissatisfaction among the masses, so they only adjusted the time of the May Day holiday.
Even if the vacation is shortened, the life of the worker is not fate
With the development of time, people have slowly accepted the fact that there is only a 5-day holiday on May Day, and some young people don't know that the original May Day has a 7-day holiday, but who knows that this year's May Day holiday has not yet arrived, and it has frequently caused public discussion.
I don't know who invented the compensatory holiday system, this year's May Day holiday is actually only one day, it seems that there are 5 days of vacation, but 4 of them are made up on Saturday and Sunday, many people even have to 9 days in a row, in order to wait until the May Day holiday, and after the holiday has to be 6 days in a row.
With more and more dissatisfied voices, and the above also saw everyone's needs, CCTV News released an article to discuss the issue of leave, I thought that there would be a good plan to discuss, but I only got one sentence, no matter what I did, it couldn't meet everyone's needs.
Although there is indeed some truth in this sentence, what the broad masses want to hear is not innocuous words, but actions that are truly considered by the masses. With the fermentation of the matter, Cai Jiming, who once proposed to shorten the holiday, was remembered by netizens again, what is the origin of Cai Jiming?
Cai Jiming: The main culprit of the shortened holidays
In fact, it can be seen from Cai Jiming's profile that he did not have the work experience of working at the grassroots level, and after graduating from university, he did not look for a job, but went to study for a master's degree.
I don't know if it was affected by the strong learning atmosphere of Nankai University, after two years of work, he once again chose to further his studies, and Shunlizi obtained a doctorate degree in Nankai University, and after graduation, he stayed in the school directly as a lecturer, and then became a professor in five years.
Cai Jiming's life experience can be described as very brilliant, which is the envy of most people, but it is not difficult to see that he basically stays in the school and works, and seems to not know much about the work of the grassroots people.
And after the state adopted his proposal, he endured the crusade of many netizens, and even created a post on the post bar in order to scold him, some people didn't know where to get his phone, and called him directly, so that Cai Jiming didn't dare to answer the phone at all.
Some people even threatened him too directly, not only him, but his wife and daughter were also greatly affected, and they didn't dare to admit that they were a family with him, so he sued Tieba, believing that it was their lax control over the platform that led to the leakage of his information.
asked Tieba to delete the post about him as soon as possible, apologize to him, and compensate him 2 million yuan for mental damages and other expenses, although he won the lawsuit in the end, most of his claims were rejected, including 2 million compensation, and finally compensated him 100,000.
Then Cai Jiming faded out of everyone's sight, but the proposal to shorten the vacation still affects thousands of workers, coupled with the compensatory leave system, the workers are even more miserable, and some people feel that it is better not to take a long vacation, so that there is no need to go on so many days in a row.
So why would the above rather take a long vacation than make up a long vacation?
Why is there a compensatory leave system?
Cai Jiming also said when he proposed to shorten the vacation, long holidays will affect the development of productivity, and the implementation of the holiday has almost no impact on productivity, because the workload has been driven out at other times.
Then some people will also think, then simply don't take a long holiday, that's not good, a long holiday is conducive to promoting economic development, a survey shows that tourism benefits the most during the long holiday, not to mention other industries, and the tourism industry has been hit hard during the epidemic, and now a long holiday is urgently needed to stimulate development.
So no matter how you look at it, the benefits of compensatory leave are still relatively large, as for the life or death of the worker, it doesn't seem to matter, no one will care about how many days you go to work in a row, but this seems to go against the original intention of the holiday.
You must know that the original Labor Day was to commemorate the victory of the general strike, on this day people would put down their work and go to the street to attend parties, and later with the development of the country, the May Day holiday became 7 days, people only used to enjoy the holiday life unbridledly, and by the way to promote economic development, now it seems to be just the opposite.
The holiday that people want is not a patchwork holiday, but a holiday where they can really rest and enjoy life, and hope that the original appearance of the holiday can be restored as soon as possible.
Information sources:
June 11, 2010 – Tsinghua professor sued Baidu for infringement after being verbally attacked by netizens
Jimu News, April 30, 2023 - Is this year's "May Day" crazy, looking back at how "Seven Days of Happiness" became a five-day holiday
People's Daily Online, December 12, 2013 - Cai Jiming: The three programs of holiday office cloth take care of the attitudes of different groups of people towards the holiday
China News Network, March 4, 2014 - Professor of Tsinghua University: Holiday holidays should be determined by the legislation of the National People's Congress