Jasic incident

Jasic incident
Jasic incident
Date	27 July – 24 August 2018
Location	Shenzhen, Guangdong
Caused by	Poor working conditions, low wages, and forced overtime at the Jasic Technology factory in Shenzhen
Goals	Improvement of working conditions, income and overtime work at Jasic Technology; Right to form labor unions; Rehiring of workers fired for participating in labor unions;
Methods	Unionization, demonstrations, direct action, student activism, labor strike, social media activism
Resulted in	No concessions given; dozens of demonstrators arrested, leftist student groups disbanded by the government
Parties
Jasic Labour Union; Jasic Workers Solidarity Group; Student groups Beijing Language and Culture University New New Youth Society; Peking University Marxist Society; Renmin University of China New Light Civilians' Development Association; ; Retired Communist Party cadres; Maoists;	Jasic Technology; Yanziling police;
Lead figures
	Jasic Labour Union:; Mi Jiuping; Yu Juncong; Li Zhan; Liu Penghua; Student activists:; Yue Xin; Qiu Zhanxuan; Zhang Shengye; Shen Mengyu;
Casualties
Detained	50+, including two officials from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions

The Jasic incident (Chinese: 佳士事件; pinyin: Jiāshì shìjiàn) was a labour dispute in Pingshan District, Shenzhen of the Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China between labour organizers and Chinese authorities that lasted from July to August 2018.

The dispute began on 27 July 2018 when a group of workers of Jasic Technology Co., Ltd., dissatisfied by low pay, poor working conditions, and long shifts sought to form a trade union. Jasic responded to the workers petition by firing the employees. This sparked weeks of protests by factory workers in Shenzhen, as well as student members of the Jasic Workers Solidarity Group and other sympathizers. The protests consisted of public demonstrations, labour strikes, and direct action, and have been described as being largely Marxist and Maoist in nature.

After a time of protests, on August 24, 2018, the police raided the activists' apartment and arrested about 50 people on the spot. In the months that followed, activists across the country who had been involved in protests were interrogated by the police, and left-wing societies in universities were disbanded or reorganized.