「深圳伯恩光学工人罢工，抗议公司以低薪变相裁员（2026.07.15）」7月15日，广东深圳伯恩光学有限公司工人发起罢工，抗议公司试图通过实行“五天八小时”工作制、大幅削减收入，迫使员工自行离职，从而逃避支付经济补偿。长期以来，由于基本工资和时薪过低，中国工人往往只能被迫接受工厂安排的“单休＋每天工作12小时”制度，依靠大量加班获得勉强维持生计的收入。如今，在经济低迷、订单减少的背景下，一些工厂又开始以实行“五天八小时”工作制为手段，大幅压低工人收入，迫使其自动离职，以达到变相裁员、逃避赔偿的目的。
Shenzhen Biel Crystal Workers Strike Against Disguised Layoffs Through Wage Cuts (July 15, 2026)
On July 15, workers at Biel Crystal in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, launched a strike to protest the company’s attempt to force employees to resign by introducing a “five-day, eight-hour” work schedule and drastically reducing their incomes, thereby avoiding the payment of legally required severance compensation.
For years, because basic wages and hourly pay have remained extremely low, Chinese workers have often been forced to accept factory schedules consisting of only one day off per week and 12-hour shifts, relying on extensive overtime merely to earn enough to survive. Now, amid an economic downturn and declining orders, some factories are using the introduction of a “five-day, eight-hour” schedule to sharply reduce workers’ incomes and pressure them into resigning, effectively carrying out disguised layoffs while evading severance payments.