沃尔玛关闭中国门店引发抗议_BEC初级作文

沃尔玛关闭中国门店引发抗议

自沃尔玛宣布将要关闭常德和马鞍山的门店后，中国工人们就在相关门店外聚集抗议。他们要求沃尔玛对将要失去工作的工人提高一倍补偿金，并向调任其它城市的门店的员工提供房租及其它补贴。

The more than 140 workers at Walmart’s Changde store have been offered positions in the city of Yiyang, a three-hour bus ride away. “Workers cannot survive elsewhere on their low wages,” said the store’s union head, Huang Xingguo. “Walmart’s offer is an empty cheque. Our families are in Changde. It would cost more to rent new homes in Yiyang.”

沃尔玛常德店的140多个工人已被提供益阳市的岗位，从常德搭乘巴士到那里需要3小时。“工人们凭这点低工资是无法在其它地方生存的，”沃尔玛常德店的工会主席黄兴国表示。“沃尔玛的提议是一张空头支票。我们的家在常德。在益阳租一个新家需要更多钱。”

Mr Huang has vowed to continue the Changde protest even after police forcibly detained workers at the weekend.

黄兴国誓言将常德的抗议进行下去，即便警方在周末强行带走了一些工人。

Walmart has denied claims that its workers in Changde and Maanshan were given inadequate notice about the closures and says that it consults closely with local governments, the ACFTU and affected workers. “The nearest store [to Changde] is Yiyang, which unfortunately is about 100km away,” said Ray Bracy, a senior vice-president with Walmart’s China operations. “That makes it really difficult for the associates to transfer.”