MORE than
1,000 Chinese railway pensioners in Harbin have risen in protest over two days
because of low pension payouts, reports Caixin Online.
The
pensioners and workers in their 50s gathered in front of the Harbin
Railway Bureau on January 25 and 26, holding banners
and placards that displayed the names of their employers, all subsidiaries of
the railway bureau.
One
pensioner who participated said the protest started because workers found out
that their employers did not make required payments to their pension plans from
1986 to 1994.
As
a result, pensioners received CNY1,500 (US228.20) a month, half of
what they were supposed to get, said the man, who asked not to be named.
The
protesters demanded that the bureau make up the difference. They also asked for
other benefits, such as an extra annual allowance of several hundred yuan to
cover winter heating that have not been paid in years.
Police
were present at the demonstration, but it was peaceful, the man said. Several
representatives of the protesters were allowed to enter the bureau to meet
railway officials on January 27, but no agreement was reached.
Source
: HKSG.
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