Distinguished lawyers "poor"

-- union Xiangzhou District special legal aid lawyer Zhang Guoping

For many years as migrant workers "trivial" running, economic losses of about 3000000 yuan for the difficulties workers; migrant workers issued 180000 legal services card; the establishment of employee QQ rights alliance group...... In June 22nd, I went to the union Xiangzhou District relief center, interviewed specially the legal aid Lawyer Zhang Guoping, feel him for helping poor workers a piece of the true feelings.

18Million "card", build "rights hotline"

He Dingwu, Zhou Wusong and so on 49 migrant workers in Hunan, a subsidiary of capital construction projects in the construction, employed by big foreman zhang. After the completion of the project, Zhang in arrears of wages of migrant workers 150000 yuan, a few years has been outstanding.

In the case of arrears of wages for migrant workers, he Dingwu is migrant workers, it is Zhou Wusong, the other 48 packets of migrant workers foreman. More than 40 migrant workers were owed wages, he Dingwu find big foreman Zhang for wages, Zhang to a variety of reasons for refusing to pay. In the wage arrears of a number of years the Spring Festival, he Dingwu around to avoid debt, not to have a home.

On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2003, he Dingwu wife for 150000 yuan in arrears of wages, and young daughter to bale foreman Zhang Taoxin, even in the Zhang family lived 10 days or unpaid, despair eat Dutch act, after rescue saved my life. Zhang Guoping learned that after this incident, the case for free agency, the foreman, foreman, bag bag construction unit, construction unit layer recover, finally recover the arrears of wages for three years more than 40 migrant workers.

A typical case of this is Zhang Guoping for migrant workers free of litigation, but also an epitome of his years in safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers.

Xiangyang district is a million population of large areas, perennial reach over 180000 migrant workers, migrant workers suffering from work-related injuries and the time of tort occurred from time to time, in order to be able to timely feedback, Zhang Guoping put the workers work site extends to the whole of all villages and towns, community, village, in the community, the village set up the activist contact card. His phone in the production of "rights card", 180000 migrant workers into the country, his phone is called "rights hotline"

Have a difficult time in that migrant workers brothers, he always take the initiative, repeatedly went to thousands of miles, across a number of alien rights, since 2005, 42 cases of success of mediation, arbitration or litigation procedure in 49 cases, a total of the difficulties workers to retrieve the economic loss of about 3000000 yuan.

QQWorkers union, social responsibility

In 2004, just from the laid-off Zhang Guoping participated in the Hubei union recruiting assistant examination, with knowledge of the law of self teaching, he hired to union Xiangzhou District was the first results, started in the workers work. The workers work he studied law, in 2007, Zhang Guoping became a full-time lawyer of Hubei long law firm.

As an out from among the workers lawyer, he understands more workers in a very vulnerable groups in the current social environment, it needs to be their "backing", and "backing" work needs to have the professional to undertake legal workers will be more suitable. Zhang Guoping took the initiative to request to the Xiangyang district attorney relief center as a part-time legal aid lawyer.

During the part-time job as a legal aid lawyer, in order to make against the interests of workers receive timely assistance, he gave up a lot of people think "make money" case, put a lot of time into the adults work.

Zhang Guoping law as the General Union Xiangzhou District relief center special legal aid lawyer, has been adhering to the "justice, promoting the rule of law" concept quietly struggle in the front line workers. Considering the current personnel migrant workers aged light, the increase of knowledge, Zhang Guoping has taken the lead in implementing QQ instant communication tool in the adults, established the "workers union group", in the major legal website publicly accepted in free consultation and complaints of migrant workers, migrant workers group in more than 500 have asked him for help.

"Give a man a fish, as delegate to fish", in addition to take the initiative to help migrant workers rights, he will also his legal knowledge to teach migrant workers. In recent years, the farmer spring festival time, organized labor legal knowledge training sessions in 28, the training of migrant workers more than 5000 people.

For 148 employees, arguing

"Brother workers rights, is not only a duty, is not social responsibility!" Every week, Zhang Guoping at least one day in the office help center staff Xiangzhou District, to provide free legal services to the workers.

In November 30, 2009, 148 employees with the company Xiangyang Kete Textile Co. Ltd. has labor disputes. Workers require the company to terminate the labor relationship, and to pay economic compensation, wages and social insurance, turned down by the company. 148 employees hold a glimmer of hope to the Federation of trade unions, Xiangzhou District, request for legal aid.

Zhang Guoping accepted the aid application, feel a heavy responsibility. After a large number of visits, he collected data of relevant evidence, only material pile has one meter high. In a detailed understanding of things through, the conflict between Zhang Guoping felt workers with the company is not very big, if can reach a conciliation in arbitration stage, would be the best outcome.

Therefore, before and after the 148 employees Zhang Guoping held 8 meetings, unified the staff's thoughts and opinions. He also with the management of multiple communication. After the fight, the company finally agreed to mediation program, a one-time payment of 148 employees of the economic compensation, wages and allowances for 286733 yuan.

Compensation blonde down that day, the workers put whip, put the red banner to help center.

Zhang Guoping difficult road for others rights and rough, hard work is often not Ben said, intimidation and threats. In the face of these he always fearless, proceed without hesitation the firm for workers. In 2011 February, Zhang Guoping was awarded the title of "top ten lawyers in Hubei province to safeguard workers' rights and interests", won the "Hubei five one labor medal".

When it comes to their occupation ideal, Zhang Guoping admits his wish is very simple: "I want to use their professional knowledge, to use legal weapons to hold its own, help more difficult for workers from unfair."