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The Jasic Workers Solidarity Group (Chinese: 佳士工人声援团) was a student-led labour movement in the city of Huizhou, Guangdong, China, which protested against labour conditions at a factory owned by Jasic Technology, a welding machinery manufacturer, from July to August 2018.[1][2] The group of students and disgruntled workers sought to legally form a labour union; the dispute came to be known as the Jasic incident. Their efforts were, despite initial signs of support, opposed by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, which rarely engages in collective bargaining and has been described as 'ineffective at representing workers'.[3] Unions in China are legal only if they are under the ACFTU. Hence, the Federation's opposition constituted a legal excuse for suppression of the JASIC unionists and their student allies.[4] The movement consisted mostly of left wing students of Peking University and has been characterized as Maoist,[5] feminist,[6] and socialist.
In January 2018, the initially American-based Me Too movement began to gain popularity within Chinese academic circles.[7][8] Yue Xin, a student at Peking University, began a campaign against Professor Shen Yang over allegations of rape and sexual misconduct in 1998, which led to the suicide of a female student.[9][10][11][12][13]
In September 2018, workers at the JASIC factory in Huizhou, Guangdong attempted to form a union in protest to poor labour conditions and inadequate pay. The news of workers' protests spread through Chinese social media, leading to a group of forty students to travel to Huizhou to protest in solidarity with the workers. Members of the group have characterized themselves as Marxists and Maoists.[5][14][15][16][17][18]
- Yue Xin: #MeToo activist at Peking University
- Zhang Shengye:
- Chen Kexin
- Zhang Yunfan: Marxist activist
- Liu Penghua: One of four Jasic employees who attempted to form a labour union.[19]
- Li Zhan: Former Jasic employee who supported unionization[20]
- Mi Jiuping: "Worker-Poet" and one of the central union organizers at JASIC.[21]
- Yu Juncong: Jasic employee who supported unionization and the author of the first open letter to Jasic Technology.[22]
Cornell University announced that it would no longer be co-operating with Renmin University of China after the crackdown on student activists.[5] Human rights organization Amnesty International released a statement condemning the suppression of the striking workers and the detention of student activists.[23]
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