Epoch Times Staff Created: Jan 18, 2010 Last Updated: Jan 18, 2010
Lianjian Technology Co. Ltd. in the city of Suzhou manufactures liquid crystal displays for cell phones. Around 7:00 a.m. on Jan. 15, 800 of the company’s 13,000 workers protested at the gate, holding banners that read “Evil Factory!” and “Return My Annual Bonus.”
Company leaders came out, threatening workers that no bonuses would be paid if they continued to protest. The workers responded with increased anger, and more people joined the protest.
Company leaders then called for riot police to suppress the uprising. Mr. Liu (alias) a company staff member, told The Epoch Times reporter: “Hundreds of policemen with batons and shields blocked the roads. They dispersed the crowd and beat people without even asking who they were.”
“One woman was hit with a baton and lost consciousness, but they still dragged her away. We were so angry at seeing that, we threw stones at the police,” Liu said.
Injured riot police were quickly dispatched to a hospital. Workers, several of whom were severely injured, were left unattended and eventually taken to hospitals by their fellow workers.
The crowd dispersed around noon, and the company closed for the afternoon. Workers are debating whether to resume work or not. They have asked company authorities to release workers who were arrested.
Hazardous Working Conditions and Many Deaths
About 20 days ago, an 18-year-old worker developed nerve pain in the leg, then became paralyzed and died shortly after. Workers have frequently passed out, some have even died in the restrooms, and more than a dozen have been hospitalized recently, according to the workers who requested anonymity.
They told The Epoch Times reporter that when safety inspections occur, the poisonous materials are hidden, the name of the department is changed, and workers are sent to other buildings to assure they won’t be questioned.
Many workers said they want to leave the company, but the company will not approve their resignation requests. They said one girl recently jumped out of the dorm building to her death when her request to resign was denied.
The reporter called the company to ask about the strike and was told his questions would have to be handled by the Suzhou Industrial Park Management Committee.
A news release from the Management Committee blamed the incident on company mismanagement, referring to tensions between the leaders and workers. They pledged to improve the management system and pay bonuses in the near future.
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苏州工业园千人大罢工 遭300特警镇压
【大纪元1月16日讯】(大纪元记者顾晓华、古清儿采访报导)15日，江苏苏州工业园区联建科技有限公司发生数千员工大罢工事件，当地政府调动三百余名防 暴警察镇压，过程中与员工发生冲突，场面一度失控，公司办公楼一楼的前台与大门被员工砸毁。
据悉，事件起因于该公司2年来没有发放年终奖金以及曾经发生的员工正己烷中毒事件公司处理不当。冲突中有七、八名员工被打伤，5名员工被警察抓走，至今未放人。
15日早上7点多钟，近800余名以模五部门为主的员工到公司正门处进行示威，他们打出“黑厂！还我年终奖金”的牌子，但是公司领导却出来威胁员工，如果这样闹的话，一个月的年终奖都不会给，这一下激起员工们更大的愤怒，人越聚越多，一直延伸到该公司的北门。
该公司中方员工约1万3千人以上，今天参加罢工的员工过半，有的员工被公司领导堵在车间里不能出来，但是他们在车间内罢工，为厂外的同胞助威加油。
最初，该公司打电话调来十余名警察，警察与愤怒的员工随即发生冲突，事态进一步扩大后，调来数百防暴警察，手持电警棍、盾牌，开始对员工进行镇压。
该公司员工刘先生（化名）告诉记者：“今天有一半多的员工参加罢工。警察拿着警棍和盾牌，来了好几百个，天啊，把那个路口全堵住了，冲进来分成二 排，把二边的过道都霸占了，把员工驱散。他们很凶猛，跟土匪一样，不管你是谁，他们上去就是一顿乱打，当时我们更愤怒了。七、八个协警打那一个人，看得我 们都害怕，人被打得脸都变得很模糊了。”
“打伤七、八人，已经是见血了。我最清楚的是那个女孩子，警察一棒打向那个女孩子，打晕过去了，他抓着那个女孩不放，拖着走，后来他看着有点不对劲，才放下了，然后他走了。当时我们就向他扔石头，真的很气愤。”
刘先生表示，今天晚上他将是一个难眠的夜晚，他的脑中一直出现警察打人的残忍画面，想一想就令人发指。
据悉，现场警察在与员工冲突中亦有几人受轻伤，当时赶来的医务人员却将警察先接走送入医院，重伤的员工被扔在一边，最后是员工们自己打车将伤者送进医院。
整个事件一直持续到中午12点钟结束，下午该公司停工放假。据员工反映，公司领导已承诺21日发放年终奖金。但是，他们是否复工还有待于大家商量，他们要求当局尽快释放被抓的员工。
据 了解，一位在该公司只上了2个月班就辞职的宋先生表示：“事件起因是累积已久的多方原因，他们二年没有给员工发年终奖金，而且那公司里面有毒，我知道的也 有三、四人已中毒死了。在那里干活很累，每天十二小时，一天休息都没有，我在那里干了2个月后感觉嗓子难受，就不干了。”
记者致电该公司办公室询问有关罢工事件，但接电话的工作人员拒绝回答记者的问题，称相关的事情由苏州工业园区管委会来回覆。
苏 州工业园区发出新闻稿指出，事件的主要原因是公司管理不善，在员工管理、薪酬计算、奖金福利、餐饮服务等方面有问题，长期以来，员工意见未能得到及时妥善 处理，劳资双方关系非常紧张。对员工反映公司日常管理中存在的问题，公司承诺将在管委会监督下尽快改善，并承诺在近期内发放年终奖。
据悉，自2009年，该公司模五贴合站采用正己烷药剂作业以来，先后有5名员工发生正己烷中毒事件被曝光。20多天前，一名18岁的员工自住进医院后，后转入南京某医院已不治身亡，其住院到死亡的过程是双腿神经刺痛、右腿失去知觉残废、脑瘫、死亡。
据内部员工透露，该公司的中毒事件非常严重，该名员工亲眼所见的死亡员工已达七、八人，目前亦有已处于休克状态，昏迷不醒的员工达数人。
据悉，该公司自从正己烷中毒事件曝光以后，已换成酒精加丙酮。员工透露，此药剂对人体亦有损伤，时间长了会导致神经麻痹。
该公司员工对公司采用多种手段进行欺上瞒下的做法非常不满。如当有安监局等部门来检查时，公司将有毒的化学药品藏起来，或者将部门的名称更换，把原来的人员调到别的楼层去。
据悉，该公司一名工程师李良乃死后家属只获赔5万元，他的父亲曾到公司控诉。
联建科技公司主要生产手机液晶显示器，大量使用正己烷这种化学药品，并没有给员工提供任何的防护措施，每天员工用这些化学药品擦拭玻璃，并在工作环境周围全部悬挂上不透气的垂帘，把员工包围在里面工作每天10几个小时。
时间长了，慢慢车间频繁会有员工晕倒现象发生，最后连续有数名员工发生瘫痪事件，十多名员工中毒正在医院治疗，甚至还有死在厕所里的，有员工去体检出自己有中毒，甚至想到跳楼自杀。
为此公司里的员工都怕了，好多员工要离职，但为了赶生产、定单，公司不批。逼着员工自离，前两天有一名女孩因不批离职想不开在宿舍跳楼自杀。
目前，许多模五的员工离开该岗位，致使该车间许多生产线停产，急需补充2千多名员工。
联建科技有限公司是由台湾胜华科技股份有限公司于1999年在苏州工业园区设立的独资企业，公司于2000年4月投产，主要从事ITO导电玻璃、触控电板、导光板及TN、STN、CSTN、TFT之液晶显示器（LSD）之研究开发、设计、制造、销售、维修。
据网上资料解释，“正己烷”中毒可导致损害神经系统、胎儿和心脏等器官和组织，通常用于树酯、促进剂、硬化剂、天那水、丙酮等添加剂，属对人体有害物质。不戴防护面具，长期接触、通风条件一般可导致手指尾端萎缩、麻木，常感冒，头晕，牙龈出血等症状。
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