Strike in China Highlights Gap in Workers’ Pay
After years of being pushed to work 12-hours a day six days a week on monotonous low-wage assembly line tasks, China workers are starting to push back.
A strike at an enormous Honda transmission factory here in southern China has suddenly and unexpectedly turned into a symbol of this nation’s struggle with income inequality, rising inflation and soaring property prices that have put home ownership beyond the reach of most affluent.
Besides their low wages, the workers seem focused on issue like the factory’s air-conditioning not being cool enough and the unfairness of having rise from their dormitories as early as 5:30 for a 7a.m. shift.
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Posted by Marian Ciovirta on May 29 2010 Filed under Asia. You can follow any responses to this entry through the . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
