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Migrant Workers
There is nothing like going home. More so if it is for the
Spring Festival family reunion. For a migrant worker it perhaps means even
more. To be able to set out on a homeward journey with money from a year's toil
in his pocket is the best thing he can think of. They had to press hard for their defaulted
payments, the salaries that were failed to pay up.
About 200 million migrant workers nationwide are something
left behind by economic reforms and opening up due to their contributions in
the past three decades. It is almost impossible to imagine life in these places
without them. However, they still form a disadvantaged group. Their rights are
violated in different forms. Among other things, unpaid salaries are the most
painful of such violations that are likely to drive a migrant worker to
desperate actions.
They have taken measures to prevent
employers from holding back payments to them. Yet, as the financial crisis
bites deep, some small enterprises that are struck the most try to reduce their
economic losses by laying off migrant workers or refusing to pay them. So it is
particularly important for governments at all levels to do an even better job
in helping villager-turned-workers recover their unpaid salaries before the
Spring Festival.
It is good news that quite a number of local governments
have organized special taskforces to conduct inspections in those
labor-intensive enterprises to make sure they have paid their migrant workers
in a timely and fair manner. Construction commissions in almost all provinces
have published hotlines for farmer-turned-construction workers to lodge
complaints against their employers for withholding their salaries. But we need to look for solutions that will
work at all times. We need to put in place a mechanism that will effectively
prevent employers from holding back salaries to workers.
A. Some have
reportedly climbed up chimneys to jump to their death unless they get their
defaulted salaries.
B. It is something
every Chinese look forward to as the traditional gala draws near.
C. Unfortunately,
weeks preceding the Spring Festival have turned out to be hard times for
migrant workers.
D. Hopefully, these
efforts will send more workers on a happy journey home for the Spring Festival
with their salaries in their pockets.
E. However difficult
the situations they are in, it is too cruel and unfair for employers to hold
back salaries they should pay their migrant workers.
F. Objectively
speaking, governments at various levels have done a great deal in helping these
workers recover their defaulted salaries.
答案:【1】C【2】A【3】F【4】D