Wenzhou'S "Power Restriction Storm" &Nbsp, Exacerbating Labor Shortage In Shoe Enterprises

On October 20th, the history of Wenzhou people's shoes making can be pushed to the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, they are now afraid that this industry will become a history in Wenzhou.

A period of internal and external difficulties is coming to the industry which accounts for nearly 1/4 of Wenzhou's gross industrial product.

According to data from the local shoe leather industry association, the cost of leather shoes in Wenzhou continued to rise 20% last year, and the "electricity wave" started in August this year is like a big hand tightening its throat slowly.

Starting from August this year, many shoemaking enterprises and other enterprises reluctantly enter a strange rhythm of production: every 1 days of work, we must cut power from two days to 4 days.

In September 19th, the national development and Reform Commission issued an urgent notice on further improving the current energy conservation and emission reduction work, and explicitly asked all localities to correct short-term power cuts.

However, the "power failure storm" is continuing.

A migrant worker who worked in Ouhai for more than ten years told the workers about the power restriction.

"I was really shocked when I heard 10 news for 5."

She said, "coastal workers.

The worker also said that her factory had just pushed out a new $100 thousand last month.

The recruitment director of Zhejiang's Front Dress also mentioned the problem of workers' income reduction. "Originally, Wenzhou was already in a state of long-term lack of work. It's very good to recruit four or five people as we sit for one day.

After the power cut, most of the workers' overtime earnings will be affected. The average 1 months will be less than 300~400 yuan, and more will be less than 800 yuan.

"When the foreign trade is not fully recovered, the wage increases and exchange rate changes will come again. This time the pressure from the power rationing to the enterprises may become the last straw to crush the camels at any time."

Zhou Dewen pointed out that "at that time, the employment and outflow of a large number of migrant workers will become a problem".

"Labor shortage" is a dangerous signal. It reflects the sudden increase in employment pressure.

The difficulty of recruiting workers is just like the widespread hardships. The factors that result in the development of the cities are: the development of the cities in the mainland, some of the migrant workers have successfully started their businesses or diverted to other areas after returning home, so as to promote the use of work stress; the new generation of migrant workers have become the main force of the industrial workers, and they are also pursuing the superiority of their working conditions and the development of their own profession.

The phenomenon of "labor shortage" is a way of self adjustment in the market, which forces enterprises to speed up structural upgrading and technological pformation.

Under the background of "power restriction", the extensive growth mode of high energy consumption and high pollution has not adapted to the current economic situation. The only way left is to reduce power consumption through technological pformation, which has become a magic weapon for Wenzhou shoe enterprises to find a way out.

Under the situation of "recruitment difficulty", vigorously promoting the pformation and upgrading of Wenzhou's industry and adjusting the economic structure are the long-term and fundamental way to solve the shortage of labor.

How long will the shortage of migrant workers last? Everything needs to be observed, but one thing is for sure. This kind of "labor shortage" is difficult to change in a short time. And from a higher level, the final way out for enterprises is to change the mode of production, from the low-end, high pollution and high energy consumption production mode to high-end manufacturing.