Open Letter of Thanks from Worker Representatives of Honda Auto Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

本田员工代表致社会各界的感谢信

For the protection of workers’ rights and the right to democratic election of worker representatives, the workers of Honda Auto Parts Manufacturing Co. Ltd has stopped work for nearly half a month. During the stoppage of work, we received support from both the domestic and international communities. The support has given tremendous boost in the morale of the workers’ struggle!

At 3pm on 4 June, the management and the worker representatives had formal negotiation. In the presence of Mr. Zeng Qinghong, member of the National People’s Congress (Deputy Director and General Manager of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd.) and Mr. Chang Kai (Director of the School of Labor and Human Resources of Renmin University of China), both sides reached consensus in the negotiation of workers’ wages.

The labour disputes have brought great damages to both the management and the workers. It is our wish therefore to build an effective communication platform as the next phase of work. On the worker side, we hope to achieve democratic election of trade union representatives and the establishment of a collective negotiation mechanism to ensure protection of the interests of both the management and workers. Only with a real and effective communication platform between the two sides can further disputes be prevented and harmonious labour-management relation established.

On behalf of all the production line workers, the negotiation delegation would like to express our truest and most sincere gratitude to all the people who have shown their concern and given their support to us in the domestic and the international communities. Without your support and encouragement, our strength was limited and our demands would not have gained attention and resolution.

To many people who have conveyed their apprehension about us, we would like to assure you that we will act according to the law and regulations for what is entitled to us in a reasonable manner. We strongly believe that through adequate communication and mutual trust, we will be able to resolve disputes and establish good cooperative relation with the management in the future.

Elected Workers’ Representatives
Honda Auto Parts Manufacturing Co. Ltd
Nanhai District, Foshan City
7 June 2010

本田员工代表致社会各界的感谢信

佛山南海本田工人为提高工人自身的权益及民主选举工会代表，而停工将近半月，并得到国内及海外社会各界人士支持，给员工维权带来极大的鼓舞！

劳资双方在6月4日下午3时正式展开谈判，在全国人大代表（广汽集团副董事长兼总经理）曾庆洪和中国人民大学劳动关系研究所所长、劳动人事学院常凯教授及各方相关人员的见证下， 劳资双方在工资协商方面已经达到共识。

劳资纠纷对劳资双方都带来很大的损失，所以接下来我们希望建立一个良好的沟通平台，我们员工希望尽量争取民主选举工会代表及建立集体协商制度，来确保劳资双方的利益。因为只有这样劳资双方才有一个真正的沟通平台，从而避免劳资纠纷的产生，让劳资双方建立和谐的合作关系。

在此我们代表团代表南海本田所有一线员工，向国内及海外所有关心和帮助过我们的各界人士，表示最真诚的感谢，若没有您们的支持和鼓励，我们的力量是微薄的、我们的诉求将不会得到关注和解决。

还有很多人表示了对我们担心，希望大家放心，我们一定会依法依规合理争取我们应得的权益。我们坚信充分的沟通和相互信赖可以解决劳资双方的纠纷，建立良好的合作关系。

佛山市南海区本田零部件制造有限公司

民选员工人代表
2010年6月7日