A discussion about the right of migrant workers to take leave has recently caused quite a stir in society. When an expert talked about the reform of the leave system, he said that "migrant workers are not willing to rest and are willing to work", it immediately caused an uproar.
The remarks seem to disparage migrant workers as tireless machines, ignoring their most basic demands for rights as ordinary workers.
This really touches on a shameful social pain point.
Today, however, they remain at the bottom of society, and their rights are not fully guaranteed. Many people question whether migrant workers are really "unwilling to rest" and whether they are forced to give up their right to leave because of the pressure to survive.
In fact, there are many migrant workers who want to have a good rest. However, most of them come from poor families and are responsible for providing for their families.
At the end of the year, they only have a few months of income to support the elderly and children at home.
Looking at their housing environment, most of them are crowded and poor. In order to find a decent job in the big city, they have to huddle together in cramped rental housing.
The children have no one to take care of them, and they either stay in their hometowns or suffer in the city with their parents.
In addition, the lack of diploma qualifications is also a major obstacle to the employment of migrant workers. Most of them have only a junior high school or primary school education, and they can often find only temporary workers with manual labor. As a piece-rate wage, once you take a vacation, you reduce your income.
Even at such a heavy cost, society's attitude towards migrant workers is still not friendly enough. During the holiday season, many companies put on a lot of lights to celebrate, but few paid attention to the rights and interests of these behind-the-scenes workers. They contribute to prosperity in obscurity, but are always forgotten by society.
In the face of such a situation, people naturally question: Is it difficult to protect the rights and interests of a group, and is this somewhat contrary to social fairness and justice? We should reflect on whether we really regard migrant workers as equal citizens, and should we give more protection of rights and humanistic care to this group?
It is true that the existing leave system needs to be reformed, but only if the practical interests of different groups are taken into account. The solution should not stop at empty talk, let alone adopt a "one-size-fits-all" attitude.
On the contrary, it is necessary for us to go deep into the lives of the people at the bottom, to understand their real needs, and to seek more humane reform measures.
For example, it may be possible to consider raising the wages of migrant workers to reduce the pressure on them to support their families. Another example is to strengthen the supervision of the housing environment of migrant workers and give them better living conditions;
When the basic rights of migrant workers are guaranteed, they can truly have the freedom to choose. At that time, whether they want to stay at work, whether they want to rest and recuperate, will be out of their own free will, not forced submission, which is in line with the concept of fairness and justice.
There is still a long way to go on the road to fairness. We should not always see a group as a whole, but should respect the differences of each individual. In this process of reform and transformation, we should think more about how to truly protect the rights and interests of the people at the bottom.
Only in this way can society move forward in the direction of fairness and justice. This process will certainly take time and patience, but as long as we listen attentively, we will be able to find the best way out.