Safeguard The Legitimate Rights And Interests Of Migrant Workers Based On Harmonious Society

In 2003, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao help Sichuan peasant Xiong Deming to demand salary,as an opportunity, the state and society launched a massive storm of demand salary. State agencies expand on several of surveys about migrant workers. The State Council and Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Public Security and other departments adopt corresponding policies for migrant workers to demand salary and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. Society is also increasing emphasis on the rights and interests of migrant workers, and making whatever efforts to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers.In September 2004, the forth Plenary Session of its Sixteenth Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party proposed to build a harmonious socialist society, which boosts to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers. Migrant workers play an important and positive role in the socialist modernization and they are also an important force in building a harmonious society. At present, the status about the migrant workers' rights and interests can not be optimistic, which embodies in wages, health care, working environment, children' education, voting rights, and personal safety. They have suffered abuse. All above is contrary to the essence of harmony society. To build a harmonious society and benefit all of the people, we must protect the legitimate rights and interests of the vulnerable group of migrant workers.This paper is divided into seven chapters. The first chapter is the introduction, and mainly clarifies the background, purpose and significance of the paper. Then I introduce the status of the research at home and abroad, and the paper's research design and research methods. Finally, I illustrate the innovations of this article.The second chapter clarifies on the definition of core concepts and related theory. The concepts involving mainly are harmonious, harmonious society, migrant workers, rights and interests. Clarifying these concepts can make better discussion. There are the harmonious social theory, the vulnerable groups theory and people-centered theory, with the support of these theories, research can be targeted and have theory depth.The third part discusses the proposing of harmonious society and the significance of safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers. This part discusses background, content and features of the harmonious society and the significance of safeguarding the rights and interests of migrant workers. The forth chapter describes the status quo of the rights and interests of migrant workers, and Focuses on the economic, political and social discusses three aspects. Economic aspects include low salaries and arrears wages seriously. Political aspects include personal rights damage and voting rights missing. Social aspects include employment difficulties, lacking of holidays and breaks, as well as unequal access to education.The fifth chapter analyzes the causes of damaging to the rights and interests of migrant workers. First, the system has two points of causes, the household registration system fragmentation and lack of social protection of migrant workers. Second, the government lacks of responsibility and inadequate legislation, especially lacking of specific legislation to protect migrant workers. Legal operation departments can't enforce the legal strictly, and the allowance of law-breakers not being punished, and the effectiveness of law enforcement is not good enough. Third, Social lacks of responsibility, such as discrimination against migrant workers and the lack of advocacy group. Fourth, enterprises make profits, seek maximum benefits, lack of social responsibility, and ignore the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers. Fifth, migrant workers have their own reasons, such as low cultural quality and weak sense of rights protection.The sixth chapter discusses how to safeguard the rights and interests of migrant workers. This chapter is the key of the full text. Corresponding to the causes of damaging to the interests of migrant workers, this chart also proposes methods and routes from the system, government, society, enterprises and migrant workers themselves five aspects to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers. Be noted that, in this section, the author proposes enterprises to adopt SA8000 standard to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers. It can be the innovation in the paper.The seventh chapter presents the research conclusions, which mainly describes research findings and deficiencies. As well as in subsequent studies, people should be strengthening which contents.