Honda Workers On Strike In China
They may not have western-style unions in China, but workers sure do strike. Workers at Honda’s transmission plant in Foshan, Guangdong Province, walked off the job on Monday after their pay increases weren’t as large as they had hoped.
According to The Nikkei [sub], Honda agreed to bigger raises, and workers were back on the job on Tuesday.
The Foshan transmission plan employs more than 2,000 employees. It was one of mostly Japanese- and Taiwanese-owned factories that were hit by a wave of strikes in 2010.
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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So let's see, Foshan is in eastern China, Taiwanese/Japanese owned plant, how many mainland Chinese work there? Can you count their $/hr wage on 1 hand? Hopefully cars built there stay in Asia. HONDA why do Americans buy them?
Worker's right in China is a bad recipe for the world economy that depends on cheap labour. If they bulldoze those students fighting for freedom on Tiannamen Square, they shouldn't have any issues doing the same for less of an issue, right?
Honda agreed to bigger raises, and workers were back on the job on Tuesday. Nice.
hah a buddy of mine once said that it wouldn't be war that stopped China, it would be bourgeoning middleclass that put the brakes on. Then its off to Africa for cheap labor.