Qianxi Road Workers Reportedly Protest Over Unpaid Wages

Road maintenance workers reportedly gathered outside the county transport bureau in Qianxi, Hebei province, on October 15, seeking wages they said had gone unpaid for more than five months.

The protest in Qianxi, part of Tangshan, was described by the X account Yesterday and Chinese-language broadcaster NTD. Both put the gathering at several dozen people and said workers had previously sought payment repeatedly without resolving their complaints.

Workers describe months without pay

Yesterday, an account that documents collective protests, attributed the wage claim to workers and reported that they had been unpaid for five and a half months. NTD described the period as more than five months. Neither account provided wage records in the material available for this report.

According to those accounts, the workers took their demand for payment to the county transport bureau after earlier attempts to obtain their wages had failed. The reports did not establish the amount owed or the number of workers allegedly affected beyond those described as attending the gathering.

Payment outcome remains unclear

The reported location of the protest does not establish which employer or contracting party was responsible for paying the workers. The available material does not establish the contractual arrangements or include a response from the transport bureau or an employer.

The accounts are similar, but whether they draw on independent information is unknown. The gathering’s date, location and participants’ identities have not been independently verified for this article. No subsequent payment outcome is established by the available material, leaving unresolved whether the workers received any wages after the reported protest.