This exact topic was brought up 2 months ago here: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3242674
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you should probably mention in the title that this is from 2021
Oh I missed that part myself.
I had a good friend who worked a 996 job, despite the fact that it was illegal. I kept telling them and their coworkers to go to the labor bureau with evidence (of that plus of a slew of other illegal practices) but they always put it off. It was very frustrating.
It's the worst when the laws like this don't get enforced.
Did your friend think it was profitable?
Was what profitable? The work or going to the government to complain?
The work. I don't imagine many people would work such a schedule unless they had a reason for it. And for the proletariat the most obvious reason I can think of is money
Oh not particularly. The job was advertised as a slightly higher than average graduate wage, but obviously they didn't advertise real hours or the fact that you'd be fined for not meeting metrics and things like that. My friend left within 3 months of starting and apparently that was very normal at that company, they'd just churn through young people looking for their first real job.
Lmfao your username
China has issued its most detailed warning yet
what the fuck is this
The more detail in the ruling, the harder it will be to worm out of. Clearly whatever it's done previously hasn't worked too well.
This article is from 2021, and is about the Court’s “most detailed warning yet,” which seems to imply that 996 was already declared illegal some time before then.
i was going to say this feels like deja vu.. could've sworn i heard this at least a year ago
That's great. Now let's see how those millionaires react. I've been told here on the grad that capitalists don't hold power in PRC. So let's keep an eye out on the development
They destroyed the private tutoring industry before, which certainly had a bunch of millionaires/billionaires at the top. So I'm not too worried about this one.
But yes you're right that we should keep an eye on it, we never know what could happen.
NAKONEC!!!!!!!!
No shit
That makes me so happy. Exciting times are ahead!
FInally! FUCKING FINALLY!
I don't fully understand why China doesn't take a harder stance against worker exploitation.
they gotta develop the Productive forces or whatever
Might wanna ask qwename @[email protected]
I think he said something about oversupply of workers compared to job positions, could be misremembering though.
Im not the most well versed but i always assumed it was an attempt to rapidly industrialize and expand past the point of vulnerability from other nations. Its shitty but china is still around and the USSR isn't. Things should get better for China's proletariat from here
concessions to capital were severe, china has begun to take serious measures to reign it in since Xi
Ok, now force them to comply with the law.
Common China W
not enforcing a law but just warning them hey you're being naughty is a W?
Presumably having the courts declare it illegal would be the prelude to enforcing its illegality. If they just sit there and let it continue though that would suck. I'm still considering it a W compared to other countries that wouldn't dare speaking against corporations.