Shanxi to Institute Permanent Mechanism Protecting Migrant Workers——An interview with Yu Youjun

在线阅读 下载PDF 导出详情
摘要 OnJune1,2007,theStandingCommitteeoftheShanxiProvincialPeople'sCongressapprovedalocaldecreeentitledtheRegulationsonProtectionoftheRightsandInterestsofMigrantWorkers,whichbecameeffectiveonJuly1,2007.TheRegulations,thefirstlocallegislationofitskindeveradoptedbyaChineseprovince,immediatelyfollowedexposureofsomeshockingcasesinwhichhundredsofmigrantworkersfrompoverty-strickenruralareas,includingjuniorandmentallyretardedcitizens,wereheldinvirtualslaveryatillegally-runbrickworksintheprovince.InthecurrentChineseterminology,'migrantworkers'refertorurallaborerswhoareseekingabetterlifebytakingpermanentortemporaryjobsincities.FollowingisaninterviewgivenbyYuYoujunontheRegulationsandtheslavelaborscandal.YuwasgovernorofShanxiProvinceatthetimeoftheinterviewandwasappointedvice-ministerofcultureshortlyaftertheinterview,inAugust2007.
机构地区 不详
出处 《人权:英文版》 2007年6期
出版日期 2007年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)