Share to: Comments welcome I want to comment Weibo recommendation | Today's Weibo hotspots According to Xinhua News Agency, 72-year-old sanitation worker Li Xianmei from Guoyang County, Anhui Province, after her daughter-in-law left home and her son went to prison, carried her 6-year-old granddaughter to sweep the streets every morning. After her living conditions were reported by the media in January this year, they attracted widespread social attention. However, she was recently dismissed by the cleaning company, thus once again becoming a social focus. The Guoyang County Urban Management Bureau responded to this incident yesterday, saying that the dismissal of the elderly woman's job was due to consideration of her old age, out of humanitarian concern. The government department has already arranged low-income support and relief for her and her granddaughter. They can receive 900 yuan in relief funds per month, which is higher than her previous income as a sanitation worker. Two sisters took advantage of their ninety-year-old mother being hospitalized and unconscious to take away the elder's gold jewelry.
According to the Guoyang County Urban Management Bureau, in order to strengthen and improve the urban sanitation work in the county, in 2008, the county learned from other places' experiences and pushed the street sanitation work into the market for bidding packages. Seven cleaning companies subsequently obtained the contract work for the sections. The cleaning companies then signed labor contracts with the sanitation workers, and the county sanitation office was responsible for supervising the work of the cleaning companies.
On the 17th, some media reported on the dismissal of Elder Li Xianmei, once again drawing widespread attention from netizens. The person in charge of the Guoyang County Urban Management Bureau said in an interview with reporters that dismissing the elderly woman was entirely out of humanitarian concern because she had fainted while cleaning, and at the age of 72, she was no longer suitable for the arduous sanitation work. After the government department arranged relevant relief for her, not only did her income not decrease, but it actually increased, ensuring her livelihood completely.
In June 2010, Elder Li Xianmei was hired by Jiang Jirong's cleaning company as a sanitation cleaner, with a one-year employment term. In June 2011, when the contract expired, Li Xianmei did not want to leave her sanitation position, so the cleaning company allowed her to continue working until after the New Year, but also realized that at the age of 72, she was no longer suitable for sanitation work. In January this year, after the difficult situation of Elder Li Xianmei carrying her granddaughter to sweep the streets was reported by the media, it drew high attention from the Guoyang County Party Committee and County Government. Since January 14, the Urban Management Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau, and Sanitation Office have jointly worked to help the elderly woman arrange assistance. However, due to the lack of household registration procedures for Li Xianmei's granddaughter Zou Yayun, arranging assistance encountered difficulties. After coordination, the public security department recently handled the household registration procedures for Zou Yayun. On February 17, the follow-up assistance work has been properly implemented: the civil affairs department arranged urban low-income support procedures for Li Xianmei, 300 yuan per month, and arranged orphan assistance funds for Zou Yayun, 600 yuan per month, both starting from February this year. After these measures were implemented, Li Xianmei's family income increased from 800 yuan per month when she was a sanitation worker to 900 yuan now. Under the active resolution of Li Xianmei's worries by the government department, the cleaning company terminated its employment relationship with the elderly woman on February 13.