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A Pay Rise Comes Too Late

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Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer, is revamping the pay structure at its main production base in southern China in a move that could end up the cost structure of global electronics production.

富士康，這一全球最大的電子產(chǎn)品合同制造商正徹底調(diào)查其位于中國南方主要生產(chǎn)基地的員工薪資結構，而此舉可能推高全球電子產(chǎn)品生產(chǎn)的成本構成。

Following a 30 percent wage increase from July 1, the group said workers who reach certain performance standards would now also get an additional 66 percent pay rise from October 1.

7 月1 日富士康已經(jīng)給工人加薪30%，之后又表示會從10 月1 日起給達到一定業(yè)績標準的工人額外加薪66%。

“The monthly wage for all first-line employees and their line leaders and supervisors in Shenzhen will be elevated to Rmb2,000 as early as October 1 2010, ” if the workers successfully passed a three-month evaluation period, the company said.

富士康表示，“最早從10 月1 日起，深圳工廠中所有‘一線’員工及線長、組長的月薪將增加到2000 元，只要員工能成功通過為期3 個月的考核期。”

The wage increase comes as a spate of suicide among workers in Foxconn’s largest plant and a strike at a Honda factory in China have triggered calls for better conditions for the tens of millions of migrant workers who have been powering China’s export-manufacturing machine.

此次加薪的直接原因是富士康最大廠區(qū)一連串自殺事件以及在本田中國工廠的罷工事件。這一系列勞工事件引發(fā)了對改善數(shù)以百萬計中國農(nóng)民工勞動條件的呼聲。農(nóng)民工一直是中國出口制造業(yè)的真正動力。

Foxconn’s decision is the clearest sign yet of major changes in the labor conditions in export manufacturing in China.

富士康的加薪?jīng)Q定預示著中國出口制造業(yè)的用工狀況正發(fā)生重大轉(zhuǎn)變。

Foxconn, which makes electronic gadgets such as iPhones and PlayStation video game consoles, is China ’s largest employer with a headcount of 800,000, and has been the country’s largest exporter every year since 2003.

富士康，這家生產(chǎn)iPhone 和PlayStation 視頻游戲機等電子產(chǎn)品的企業(yè)，擁有全中國最多的雇員，員工80 萬名。自2003 年以來，每年都是中國最大的出口企業(yè)。

Foxconn executives said they could not predict how the additional cost would be shared but expected customers to help shoulder the burden.

富士康管理層說他們無法預測誰來承擔加薪造成的額外成本，但預計部分會被轉(zhuǎn)嫁給消費者。

The latest increase would more than double the basic pay of assembly line workers in Shenzhen and bring it to a level they currently only reach by working 12-hour shifts six days a week.

最新的加薪舉措使富士康深圳工廠流水線工人的基本工資提高一倍多。目前工人想要掙到這么多錢，必需一周工作6 天、每天工作12 個小時。

The increase exceeds the demands of some labor activists who had rejected Foxconn’s earlier 30 per cent pay rise as too little too late.

本次加薪甚至也超出了一些勞工維權人士的預期。他們曾表示富士康此前30%的加薪“太少”也“太晚”。

Activists said the group needed to increase pay by at least 50 per cent to give workers a decent income without massive overtime.

這些維權人士認為，富士康至少需要加薪50%，才能讓工人得到不錯的報酬，而又不需要大量加班。

 

 

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