现在要不要给工人涨工资?

• 作 者: 周月
• 出 处: 中国企业家
• 发表日期: 2004年期
• 关键词: 劳动力成本 劳资矛盾 劳动力紧张 劳动力市场 自杀事件 劳动力供给 金融危机 集体谈判 周月 收入分配结构

发生连环自杀事件后,富士康表示将大幅提高员工工资,近期本田的零部件厂也发生员工罢工要求提高工资的事件。从更大范围看,2004年以后,中国劳动力成本上升、工人短缺就逐渐显现出来,金融危机前,民工荒已经成为很突出的问题。那么,当下需不需要大幅提高工人工资,涨工资能不能缓解劳动力紧张和劳资矛盾激化的问题,企业又有没有能力消化劳动力成本上升带来的经营压力?(周月)

After the series of suicides, Foxconn said it will substantially raise its salaries. Recently, a strike at its parts plant in Honda also required wage increases. On a larger scale, after 2004, the labor cost in China has risen and the shortage of workers has gradually emerged. Before the financial crisis, the shortage of migrant workers had become a prominent issue. So, nowadays, there is no need for a substantial increase in workers' salaries or rising wages to ease labor tensions and the intensification of labor-management conflicts. Will enterprises have the capacity to digest the operating pressure caused by rising labor costs? (Zhou Yue)