Poor working conditions, low wages, and forced overtime at the Jasic Technology factory in Shenzhen
Goals
Improvement of working conditions, income and overtime work at Jasic Technology
Right to form labor unions
Rehiring of workers fired for participating in labor unions
Methods
Unionization, demonstrations, direct action, student activism, labor strike, social media activism
Resulted in
No concessions given; dozens of demonstrators arrested, leftist student groups disbanded by the government
Parties
Jasic Labour Union
Jasic Workers Solidarity Group
Student groups
Beijing Language and Culture University New New Youth Society [zh]
Peking University Marxist Society
Renmin University of China New Light Civilians' Development Association [zh]
Retired Communist Party cadres
Maoists
Jasic Technology
Yanziling police
Lead figures
Jasic Labour Union:
Mi Jiuping[1]
Yu Juncong[2]
Li Zhan[3]
Liu Penghua[4]
Student activists:
Yue Xin
Qiu Zhanxuan
Zhang Shengye
Shen Mengyu
Casualties
Detained
50+, including two officials from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions
The Jasic incident (Chinese: 佳士事件; pinyin: Jiāshì shìjiàn) was a labour dispute in Pingshan District, Shenzhen of the Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China between labour organizers and Chinese authorities that lasted from July to August 2018.[5]
The dispute began on 27 July 2018 when a group of workers of Jasic Technology Co., Ltd., dissatisfied by low pay, poor working conditions, and long shifts sought to form a trade union.[6] Jasic responded to the workers petition by firing the employees. This sparked weeks of protests by factory workers in Shenzhen, as well as student members of the Jasic Workers Solidarity Group and other sympathizers. The protests consisted of public demonstrations, labour strikes, and direct action, and have been described as being largely Marxist[7] and Maoist[8] in nature.
^"Jasic Detainee #1: The Story of Worker-Poet Mi Jiuping". Labor Notes. 5 November 2018.
^"Jasic Detainee #3: The Story of Yu Juncong: Always Standing Against Injustice". Labor Notes. 19 November 2018.
^"Jasic Detainee #2: Li Zhan: Standing with Workers through Thick and Thin". Labor Notes. 17 November 2018.
^"Jasic Detainee #3: The Story of Yu Juncong: Always Standing Against Injustice". Labor Notes. 19 November 2018.
^Blanchette, Jude D. (2019). China's New Red Guard. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 391. On July 27, twenty-nine workers from the Jasic factory were detained for "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble," a vague charge frequently used by the authorities to quash speech or action that isn't covered by more specific legal statutes. One month later, heavily armed police arrested fifty students and workers who had begun a campaign to push for the release of the detained workers. Back in Beijing, the government raided the offices of the sympathetic Red Reference magazine, detaining one employee. "They searched every corner of our offices, and even smashed a cupboard, and took our computers, our books away in a bunch of boxes," said magazine editor-in-chief Cheng Hongtao.
^"Jasic case shows Chinese workers' rights in a dangerous new phase". South China Morning Post. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
^Haas, Benjamin (12 November 2018). "Student activists detained in China for supporting workers' rights". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^"Chinese Maoists join students in fight for workers' rights". South China Morning Post. 10 August 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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