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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.
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And then when a manager shoots you in the head the next day, your family gets the bill for the bullet. With proper unions, your local pays for the bullet.
It’s all about worker rights.
I guess you know what you’re talking about.
I don’t have a subscription to The Nikkei. What were the terms of the settlement, and how much better were they than before?
A brief 1-day strike tells me that the labor costs are so low that capitulating to their demands still didn’t cost Honda very much. Stopping the flow of transmissions is much more costly.
I guess workers do not have much savings and could not afford being unpaid by being on strike for a long period. Thus, their demands would be low.
I was momentarily excited thinking I’d never have to see another new Acura.
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?
“HONDA why do Americans buy them?”
Because they have a well-established reputation for excellent reliability, good fuel economy, and high residual values?
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?
The Chinese government is as likely to putting down student protesters these days as the US is as likely to re-enact sending in the national guards to Kent State… times have changed, thankfully.
Foshan is in southern China, a small town close to Guangzhou. The strike was “condoned” by the government, since it was a Japanese plant. They would not be able to do this at one of the wholly-state owned plants.
“cites past, establishes weak link with present*
*scratches ass*
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.