From Chinese media
Migrant worker shortage good phenomenon
Updated: 2011-02-18 11:21
By Zhang Jiawei (chinadaily.com.cn)
The battle for hiring migrant workers is a good phenomenon and symbolizes the start of workers' domination in the labor market, according to a commentary by Yu Fenghui for Xinhua News Agency.
Migrant workers are named as those who come from rural areas to work in cities and represented hard, dirty work with low pay, the commentary said.
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The ultimate way out will be to rely on market mechanism, the commentary said.
Enterprises from China's coastal areas are moving inland to employ local workers, which not only can cut their costs, but it is convenient for workers, as the country's central and western regions develop.
The commentary said the battle for labor will raise the low salary level to some degree and migrant workers' social security needs such as pension, medical care and work accident compensation will be gradually met.
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