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蘋果日報 2009-04-23 A17 港聞
抗議金山工業
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【本報訊】本港上市公司金山工業集團旗下深圳捷霸電池廠即將遷往惠州，全球化監察及職工盟等多個團體約10名代表，昨到金山集團位於葵涌的總部抗議，要求集團立即與深圳廠房鎘中毒員工磋商賠償方案，為數12名鎘中毒員工要求比正常工人多一倍的賠償，另注資入醫保戶口直至他們55歲，賠償金估計每人30萬元，團體認為員工的要求合情合理，但集團卻採取拖延態度，令人憤怒。金山發表聲明指，被列為鎘觀察對象的員工，廠方早於06年提供高於法規要求的離職賠償，對抗議人士表現感到失望。區民傑攝
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蘋果日報 2009-04-22 A16 港聞
電池廠員工攔道抗議
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【本報訊】本港上市公司金山工業集團旗下深圳捷霸電池廠即將由深圳遷往惠州生產GP電池，惟其中10名鎘中毒的男女工友不願隨廠搬遷，要求每人約30萬元特別賠償未果，昨晨聯袂堵塞廠房車道禁止出貨，又拉起橫額抗議，驚動50多名公安、防暴人員戒備，勞動局介入調停，惟至晚上未有解決象。
逾50公安防暴戒備
現場為東門中興路的捷霸電池廠，20年前創立，全盛時期工人多達千人，最近只剩下300人，由於資方安排年中遷廠惠州，故不願隨廠搬遷的工人便接受離職補償方案。可是其中兩男八女工人指自己屬鎘中毒受害人，不能如一般工友補償，多番談判無果，昨晨8時許他們拿出卡板、膠箱堵塞廠房通道，又拉橫額抗議，令貨車不能出貨，廠方報公安後，逾50名公安和防暴人員到臨戒備，廠方又增派20多名保安員維持秩序，勞動局、市政府人員等到場調停。鎘中毒姓鍾女工稱：「我同公司做18年，月薪連補水有兩千幾蚊，早前曾經暈低，係鎘超標造成同喪失生育能力。」姓李女工友更說自己因鎘中毒出現血管瘤。他們要求公司補償是應比正常工友多一倍，另注資入醫保戶口直至他們55歲，還有營養費和一筆過的醫療費，每人約30萬元，惟廠方計算每人補償約四萬餘元，雙方談判膠，至晚上未有解決象。金山工業集團發言人稱，反對有員工違規在工廠範圍作非法對抗，廠方是願意依法依規定作離職補償。
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南方都市報 2009-04-22 AⅡ12 深圳讀本深城| By 張春恒
十工人鎘超標堵廠門索賠
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不滿賠償方案阻攔出貨，廠方稱已承諾對員工離職補償深城記者張春恒報道昨日上午10時許，羅湖區中興路東郊街的深圳捷霸電池廠外，10名工人搬來雜物堵住大門維權，稱他們身體鎘超標，但最近工廠突然搬遷，沒有給他們安置，也沒有給予賠償。廠方表示，已承諾對受影響的員工依法做出離職補償，員工阻攔廠方出貨，已給廠方造成損失。目前，轄區街道辦已出面調解。
一位陳姓員工向記者介紹，深圳捷霸電池廠是香港金山電池旗下的一家工廠，他們在一線車間生產電池已經10多年了，最久的幹了19年，由於工作關係，很多人不同程度地受鎘影響。2004年，惠州分廠曾發生鎘中毒事件，在羅湖區政府的協調下，廠方答應每月每人支付300元的營養費，每年安排體檢一次，並承諾對員工負責到底。
今年2月底，他們突然聽到工廠6月份就要解散，此後，廠里的貨物和設備陸續向外搬遷，而工人除了自願離職外，大部分都被安置，只有他們10人沒被安置，他們多次跟廠領導提議，均被以“正在向總公司上報”為由不予答複。
對此，香港金山電池集團向本報發來聲明，稱廠方是基於商業理由而將部分生產調到惠州，已承諾對因此受影響的員工，廠方會依法依規做出離職補償；至於因鎘問題受影響的員工，公司已定期安排複檢、發放營養津貼、成立專門小組處理相關事宜，並制定了向鎘超標員工傾斜的補償方案。該聲明稱，員工任何訴求均應通過合法途徑及正當渠道反映，上述10名工人多次阻攔公司出貨，令公司不能正常營運，公司必須要維權，“不是對於員工的訴求沒有回複，而是他們對於賠償方案不滿意”。
東門街道辦宣傳科一位張姓宣傳委員稱，10個鎘超標員工因要求廠方賠償金額未達成協議，以阻止廠方出貨的方式進行抗議。市、區、街道有關部門的主要領導昨日一早趕到現場進行調解，暫未達成協議。
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東方日報 2009-04-22 A23 兩岸
港資深圳電池廠 鎘中毒員工堵門示威
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【本報訊】本港金山集團旗下的深圳捷霸電池廠有十多名鎘超標員工因不滿資方補償方案，擔憂工廠搬遷後生活無保障，連日在廠區守候阻塞工廠大門，阻撓貨車出入。廠方昨發聲明，指已把一千萬元人民幣款項存入工會獨立帳戶，以確保員工的經濟補償金可以順利發放，又稱員工有任何訴求都應循合法途徑解決。
廠方存款千萬元保經濟援助
在深圳捷霸廠工作了十八年的鍾小優表示，○四年廠內有逾八十名員工驗出尿鎘超標，但廠方僅向每名患者每月發放三百元營養補助。並擔心深圳廠房搬遷到惠州後很難追討。金山集團昨發出聲明指，因鎘問題受影響的員工，廠方已定期安排覆檢、發放營養津貼，至於受鎘中毒或患上其他職業病員工，廠方已有一千萬元款項存於工會帳戶內，已確保可提供經濟援助。又指出會就因為搬遷廠房受影響的員工，作出離職補償。
另外，廣東東莞一間四星級酒店早前因未獲發消防證，無法營業，除長期拖欠員工薪酬外，更拖欠最少六百萬元租金。酒店出納員日前突然捲款失蹤，大批酒店職員堵塞酒店門口追討欠薪，而酒店業主召數十名男子強行接管酒店，要酒店老闆繳交欠租。
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太陽報 2009-04-22 A23 兩岸
堵廠示威
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【黃少君攝】本港金山集團旗下的深圳捷霸電池廠昨再發生員工堵廠示威事件，該廠十多名自稱鎘超標員工，不滿資方補償方案，並擔憂工廠搬遷後生活無保障，連日在廠區守候阻塞工廠大門，阻撓貨車出入，當局派出數十名防暴警在場戒備。金山集團昨發出聲明，指廠方已為有關員工安排身體覆檢，發放營養津貼，並會對受搬廠影響的員工作出離職補償。
深圳日報 2009-04-22 03 Shenzhen
Workers lift blockade in compensation dispute
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Han Ximin
WORKERS at Shenzhen Jieba Battery Co. blockaded the factory in Luohu early Monday, demanding an additional 3 million yuan (US$439,100) in compensation for layoffs and cadmium poisoning.
Among them, 10 workers who had excessive cadmium levels demanded more compensation to cover their medical bills. Others wanted to be re-examined to check their health.
The blockade was triggered by the transfer of property and assets initiated by the company in January.
The company had sold some of the production equipment to a Hunan battery manufacturer in June last year and moved some assets to its Huizhou plant in December and January while the workers were away during the Spring Festival, Zhang Zhonghua, a technician who had worked in the factory for 13 years, was quoted by a Hong Kong newspaper as saying.
The factory planned to move its operations to Huizhou in June to reduce costs to soften the impact of the global financial crisis.
In an official announcement released yesterday by Hong Kong Gold Peak Industries Ltd., the mother company, the management said it had deposited 10 million yuan in a compensation fund in the factory’s workers’ union account.
The fund, which is monitored by labor authorities, would guarantee compensation once the contracts are dissolved, Peng Lidong, an official with the Luohu District Labor and Social Security Bureau, said yesterday.
The money had been transferred to the account in March after negotiations between the two sides, Peng said.
The workers demanded the factory arrange medical examinations before the closure and also demanded compensation according to the degree of poisoning. In a medical examination in 2004, 84 workers were found to have excessive cadmium levels.
The workers had agreed to lift the blockade of the factory and negotiations were continuing late yesterday.
Hong Kong Gold Peak Industries was established in 1964 and has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1984.
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南華早報 2009-04-22 EDT4 EDT By Fiona Tam
2.5m yuan fund pledged for poisoned workers
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Twelve cadmium-poisoned workers for Hong Kong battery maker Gold Peak Industries were promised a 2.5 million yuan (HK$2.82 million) medical fund after they staged a protest with colleagues at the company’s Shenzhen factory yesterday.
More than 30 workers blocked the entrance to GP Batteries, claiming their boss had refused to discuss compensation with employees who suffered abnormally high levels of cadmium at work. They accused their boss of intending to avoid the payout by relocating all production lines by the end of June.
Eighty workers at the battery maker’s Shenzhen factory were found to have cadmium exposure in 2004 after several hundred employees working at its Huizhou factories were confirmed as having excessive levels of cadmium in check-ups, the workers said in a jointly signed letter to the company. The company has now decided to close the Shenzhen factory, disregarding those affected.
The workers’ representative, Chen Guangming , said he and his wife, who had been with the company for 15 and six years respectively, had fallen ill. Their newborn baby had also been affected. They said they had suffered from nausea, headaches and exhaustion continually for the last five years.
Doctors say people who inhale cadmium dust, which is carcinogenic, may die of renal failure. Cadmium, which may remain in the body for decades, can also damage the intestinal tract.
GP Batteries denounced the protest and said it had already offered affected workers compensation and severance payments that exceeded mainland law requirements. Several protests had suspended the company’s daily operation … and this violated the country’s laws and regulations … [we have] arranged regular medical check-ups and subsidies and set up a special team to deal with cadmium-affected workers.
The protesters argued that the severance payouts were a scam to trick workers into leaving so that the company would no longer be responsible. We don’t dare leave. Previous cases of colleagues’ have taught us that the company won’t be responsible for anything once employees leave voluntarily, said Guan Liqin , who has worked there for 14 years.
Ms Guan said she had not been aware of the hazards of cadmium until colleagues fell ill in 2001, but she had decided to stay until she could secure reasonable compensation for long-term medical fees. The one-off severance payment is about 20,000 yuan, but my colleague who fell ill had to pay 19,000 yuan for check-ups and a deposit before she could receive any treatment. Her two children have had abnormally high levels of cadmium since birth.
About 300 workers from three factories in Huizhou and Shenzhen sued GP Batteries in 2005 and 2006, seeking 250,000 yuan per claimant, state media said. Beijing Youth Daily said at least three workers had died from suspected cadmium poisoning.
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