May Day is supposed to be a holiday for all workers to celebrate. But on this special day, an honest migrant worker from the countryside staged a heart-wrenching tragedy on a construction site in Beijing.
The incident shocked the scene, and according to eyewitness recollections, the incident occurred at a construction site near the North Third Ring Road. At around 9 a.m., a migrant worker in his 50s suddenly climbed onto the tower hanger.
After shouting "pay me", he keeps making a motion to jump. The workers at the scene shouted and tried to dissuade him, but he couldn't save him, and finally fell from a height of nearly 20 meters in full view of everyone.
The impact broke the blood flow on the head. Although 120 ambulances quickly arrived to take him to the hospital, he died due to severe skull injuries.
What's even more heart-wrenching is that, according to the on-site personnel, the old man said to himself before jumping off the building: "Today is May Day, and I finally went to the city to beg for this food..."
Unpaid wages are the root cause of the scourge, and through the investigation, Master Wang, a 50-year-old migrant worker who lives in his hometown in Henan, came to Beijing to work in February this year. But it's May,
The contractor foreman argued that his salary for more than three months had not yet been settled. Master Wang has always been very honest and upright, and has not complained too much about the contractor's arrears.
But the embarrassment of making ends up making him almost mentally broken. This tragedy has once again brought to the forefront the problem of wage arrears, which has long plagued migrant workers.
The data shows that the problem of migrant workers' wages has not been completely solved every year, and the total amount is still in the tens of millions. The lack of effective protection of rights and interests has led to many migrant workers falling into the predicament of "being exploited" all year round and living in dire straits.
It is more important to pay more attention to the significance of "May Day" to remember to the world the basic rights and interests of workers, but the death of Master Wang is a mockery of this concept.
We cannot allow anyone to be deprived of the meager fruits of their labor. The departments concerned must draw attention from this bloody lesson,
Strengthen the enforcement of labor laws and regulations to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of workers. At the same time, the migrant worker group should also be allowed to establish the concept of asking for wages in accordance with the law.
Let them know how to use the legal weapon and no longer be a passive party. We hope that such a tragic incident will not be repeated. I wish all workers a happy holiday and a worry-free life.