What is the income status of frontline workers in the textile industry? Jiangsu releases investigation report

In recent years, the salary level in the textile industry has generally been low, with a large gap from employees’ expectations. At the same time, companies generally face development difficulties such as difficulty in recruiting, retaining, and obtaining loans. Some companies choose to “go out” to invest in the central and western regions, Southeast Asia, or Africa. Set up a factory. From July to November this year, the Jiangsu Finance, Trade, Light and Textile Trade Union, together with the Provincial Industrial Workers Development Research Center and the Provincial Textile Industry Association, organized a special task force to conduct three-dimensional interviews with 78 companies in the textile industry. An in-depth survey and analysis was conducted on the income status of more than a thousand employees and the factors affecting salary levels. Recently, the “2021 Survey Report on the Income Situation of Frontline Workers in Jiangsu Province’s Textile Industry” was released.

Jiangsu Province currently has more than 7,200 textile enterprises above designated size, with more than 3.5 million employees. The total textile industry has ranked first in the country for 37 consecutive years. The data obtained from this survey reflects the intrinsic relationship between employee income and problems such as difficulty in recruiting and retaining employees, and provides a basis and reference for industries and enterprises to further promote decent work for employees and promote healthy industrial development.

Employees’ monthly income is actually 4,739 yuan

Among the 3,138 employee samples surveyed (including questionnaire surveys and telephone follow-up interviews), the average salary payable in 2020 was 63,817 yuan, an increase of 5,882 yuan or 10.2% year-on-year in 2019, with a monthly average of 5,318 yuan. The annual average real wage was 56,872 yuan, an increase of 5,709 yuan or 11.2% year-on-year, and the monthly average was 4,739 yuan.

In 2020, 30% of the sample employees held skill level certificates, and the median annual actual salary was 60,000 yuan, which was 5,000 yuan more than employees without certificates. The higher the qualification certificate an employee holds, the higher the actual salary will be. The income gap between employees who do not hold a certificate and those who hold a junior worker certificate is not obvious, which shows that holding a junior worker certificate has a small impact on income.

The survey found that those with 5-10 years of service have the highest income levels. The median actual salary of employees of different age groups in 2020 reached the highest level at 58,000 yuan for those aged 31 to 40, while it fell back for those aged 41 to 60. It mainly reflects the policy of enterprise income distribution tilting towards the front line of the workshop.

The province’s textile enterprises have basically achieved full coverage of social insurance for their employees, reaching 94.4%. More than 90% of the companies where employees work pay for the “five insurances”, of which 62.1% pay provident funds, an increase of 10.8% from 2019.

In 2020, 80% of employees in the province signed labor contracts with enterprises, of which the contract period was “more than 3 years (inclusive)” accounting for 43.4%, followed by “less than 3 years” accounting for 32.5%, and “unfixed” The proportion of “term” is 24.1%. Regarding remuneration agreements in labor contracts, the main ones are “agreement on detailed salary systems such as basic salary, performance bonus, commission, year-end bonus, etc.”, accounting for 24.4%; followed by “only the amount of basic salary is agreed upon, and does not involve agreed bonuses, year-end bonuses, etc.” Awards and other content”, accounting for 16.7%.

According to the survey data from 2018 to 2020, it was found that the income of employees gradually decreased compared with the previous year; 60% of the cases increased; the income increased by 3.2% compared with the decrease, mainly due to the impact of the epidemic.

Regarding the reform of building the industrial worker team, most employees are full of expectations, accounting for 74.2%. In addition, 15.6% of employees believe that it is relatively difficult to improve the status of industrial workers. Only nearly 10% of employees think that it does not matter. The vast majority of workers in the textile industry hope to improve their status through industrial reform.

Regarding what employees are most looking forward to, more than 80% of employees hope to increase wages, followed by 7.8% of employees who hope to improve their skills, and 4.6% of employees who hope to narrow the income gap with those in government agencies and institutions. It can be seen that improving the income level of front-line workers in the overall textile industry is still the aspiration of most workers.

There is a gap between income level and employee expectations

In the past three years, the average annual increase in employee wages has been more than 10%, exceeding the average wage growth index of active employees in the province. But at the same time, data show that the average salary in 2020 is 63,817 yuan, which is far lower than the average salary of 106,034 yuan for urban non-private employees in the province. Moreover, this wage level is based on overtime work that is common in the textile industry. Therefore, the actual wage standard may be lower. Lower wage levels have led to low employee satisfaction with wages, and multiple data show that employees have extremely strong expectations for wage increases. Survey data shows that there is a positive correlation between the income level of employees and the educational level of employees, indicating that the higher the academic qualifications, the higher the salary, which has a guiding role in improving the quality of employees during the entry stage. However, the improvement of occupational skill levels after employees join the job is an important aspect of improving employee quality. Sample data shows that the income of highly skilled employees is significantly higher than that of non-high-skilled employees, but the difference in wages between unskilled employees and entry-level workers is not obvious. In some companies, there is even a wage inversion between technicians and senior technicians, resulting in the income satisfaction of high-skilled employees being lower than that of non-high-skilled employees, which will inevitably affect employees’ enthusiasm for upgrading their skill levels.

AllExperience, ease the recruitment difficulties of enterprises, and improve labor production efficiency.

It is necessary to pay close attention to the implementation of policies and promote the construction of a strong textile province. Focusing on 13 industrial clusters such as high-end textiles that are supported by the Jiangsu Provincial Government, we will focus on corporate financing and the cultivation and introduction of talents , major technological transformation and other aspects, provide more policy support. It is necessary to vigorously promote vocational education and skills training, increase investment, strengthen teachers, increase practical training bases, improve the matching of professional settings in vocational colleges and industrial development needs, promote the integration of industry and education, and school-enterprise cooperation to cultivate future industrial workers. and the continuing education of current employees. It is necessary to strengthen the cultivation of entrepreneurship, publicize the value orientation of “those with high skills will get more, and those who work hard will get more”; organize textile enterprise operators to conduct discussions on the deeds of “patriotic entrepreneur” Zhang Jian, operate in accordance with laws and regulations, and actively assume social responsibilities. Responsibility, establish the concept of common prosperity, and become an entrepreneur recognized by society and in line with the requirements of the times; vigorously promote the spirit of model workers, labor spirit, and craftsman spirit, and create an atmosphere of respect for labor and creation.

It is necessary to effectively enhance employees’ sense of gain and promote the realization of decent work. It is necessary to actively promote collective consultation in the textile industry and enterprises, implement the “Regulations on Collective Contracts of Jiangsu Province”, explore and formulate guiding opinions on collective consultation in the textile industry, give full play to the role of social organizations, and promote the textile industry and enterprises to focus on industry minimum wage standards and the minimum wage for textile skilled talents. Conduct collective consultations among industries and enterprises on standards, wage growth lines, working hours, rest and vacations, etc. It is necessary to strengthen labor law enforcement inspections and urge textile enterprises to implement national laws and regulations in terms of working hours, rest and vacations, social insurance, labor safety and health, etc., so that laws must be followed and law enforcement must be strict. It is necessary to unblock employees’ development channels, and in view of the “ceiling” phenomenon of career development, set up four channels including management, technology, skills, and sales, establish a competency-level wage system, and guide employees to “grow skills first if they want to increase wages” so that the best people can Employees can enjoy economic benefits at the middle level of the company and even at the vice president level. It is necessary to reflect the reasonable demands of employees and strengthen the construction of the workers’ congress mechanism through proposals from employee representatives; it is necessary to mobilize the enthusiasm of employees and increase incentives for employees to participate in QC research, technological reform and other activities; it is necessary to reflect the relationship between employees in the textile industry and other industries, especially It is the current situation of widening income gap with government agencies and institutions, and promotes the realization of common prosperity.

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