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Titolo: [OT] Semi-ot Polemico per Robyn Hood!

PetroChina Won't Meet Fired Oil Workers' Demands (Update1)
By Le-Min Lim
Beijing, March 14 (Bloomberg) -- PetroChina Co. said it won't meet demands
from sacked oil workers for better severance terms in one of China's biggest
labor protests since state-run companies began firing hundreds of thousands
of staff to boost efficiency.
As many as 50,000 workers protested this week outside the offices of Daqing
Oilfield Co., a unit of China's biggest oil producer, in a two-week-old
protest over severance packages, Agence France Presse reported, citing a
protester. PetroChina said the number of protesters was exaggerated.
``What these workers are entitled to is clearly stated in their severance
contract,'' said Cao Zhengyan, PetroChina's spokesman. ``We do not feel
obliged to meet their increased expectations. They no longer have anything
to do with us.''
Protests over job cuts are becoming more common in China as companies such
as PetroChina and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. try to raise efficiency
to cope with increased competition from overseas rivals after the country
joined the World Trade Organization last year.
Last year, China National Petroleum Corp., PetroChina's parent, and China
Petrochemical Group, Sinopec's parent, fired 600,000 workers, the State
Economic Trade Commission said.
While China's official urban jobless rate rose to 3.6 percent at the end of
2001 from 3.1 percent in 2000, the government admitted real unemployment is
much higher.
Oil workers have staged protests over the job reductions for more than a
year, PetroChina officials said.
`Children Rebelling'
``These protests are very normal,'' said Shen Zhengxiang, an officer at
Daqing Oilfield Co.'s publicity department. ``We should look at these
protests as children rebelling against their parents when they don't
understand the rules imposed on them.''
Union members couldn't be reached for comment.
Production at the Daqing oilfield, which pumps half China's oil, hasn't been
disrupted by the protest, said Cao.
The oilfield, once touted by the Communist Party as the symbol of human
endeavor, is located about 600 miles northeast of Beijing. It pumped about
52 million tons (385 million barrels) of oil last year, though its reserves
are waning.
Daqing has faced several labor protests in the past few months and none has
disrupted output, Shen said.
Fired oil workers are demanding severance packages include medical insurance
and social-security payments that employees get, AFP reported. Local police,
paramilitary police and military units had surrounded the building for days
to maintain order, the agency said.
``There have been protests the last few days at Daqing, but based on our
estimates, it's no more than 2,000 people,'' Cao said. Most of them were
former China National Petroleum's employees, Cao said.
Shares in PetroChina rose 2 HK cents, or 1.3 percent, to HK$1.62.

 Li avranno gia` arrestati. Diciamo che e` la via cinese al liberismo <g>
voglio sentirą che dirą Robyn visto che parlava un gran bene dei Cinesi e
della svolta verso il mercatp

 [1] Robin con la "i" non con la "y", 'gnurant! :-)
fino ad aprile Robjn non torna? peccato sarei stato curioso di sentire una
sua replica, comunque i Manger di PetroChina penso che facciano bene a
muoversi in questo modo, l' unica cosa che non va al momento è che il
sistema Cinese non preveda dei sussidi di disoccupazione, questo è grave,
mentre i suoi operai si cercano un nuovo posto di lavoro con cosa
mangeranno? comunque PC (che strana sigla eh?) dovrebbe evitare anche di
sprecare risorse nel mega gasdotto dello Xinjan, avrà ritorni ridicoli per
un investimento così colossale

 cosi` tappa il buco di bilancio, no? :(((
Daltronde se PetroChina vuole stare sul mercato non poteva che  fare in
questo modo, piuttosto il fatto grave è che debba fare sto diavolo di
Gasdotto perchè evidentemente a Pechino c' è qualche megalomane, che anzichè
pensare ha un tale spreco di risorse farebbe bene a gestire gli
ammortizzatori sociali per i senza lavoro!

 Glielo vai a spiegare tu ai "compagni" cinesi? :(
ci ha già provato la Exxon, ma con scarso successo a dissuadere Pechino,
daltronde La Exxon con la BP e la Phillips hanno anche provato a dissuadere
Bush circa la Alaska e il superoledotto che dovrebbe portare il greggio
negli Usa attraverso il Canada, ma si sa quando proponi una cosa sensata a
Bush quello la rifiuta per partito preso:
Bush il primo repubblicano Keynesiano
Bush il primo liberista favorevole ai Dazi
Bush il primo pacifista guerrafondaio
Bush un uomo che fa il contrario di quello che promette
in conclusione un milione di volte meglio Berlusconi di Bush, il che è tutto
dire!
ciao