Strikes in China may prompt pay raises

Jeffersons Ghost

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Fri Jun-18-10 07:51 AM
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Strikes in China may prompt pay raises

China official newspaper calls for workers' pay rises

One of China's most influential newspapers, the official People's Daily, has called for workers' incomes to be raised.

The paper says wages need to rise to protect stability and transform society. It warns that what it calls the "made-in-China" model is facing a turning point.

The article did not mention a series of strikes which have been causing problems for foreign businesses. Walkouts have paralysed several factories across China, including Honda factories in Tianjin and near Guangzhou, in Guangdong.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10338040.stm

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burnsei sensei

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Fri Jun-18-10 08:03 AM
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1. American workers are more

Edited on Fri Jun-18-10 08:04 AM by burnsei sensei

submissive than the Chinese.
The Chinese strike massively with the real possibility of gaining better wages.
I think China may be a freer country for unions and workers than the U.S.
Here both are completely repressed as political forces.

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NNN0LHI

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Fri Jun-18-10 08:11 AM
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2. Every import auto plant in the US has had a vote for union representation

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Problem is the workers at most of those import plants declined union representation and chose instead to screw other workers who were unionized.

Honda in China has a union. No import Honda or Toyota plant in the US is. That isn't the governments fault. Its the fault of the workers we have here.

Don

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burnsei sensei

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Fri Jun-18-10 08:35 AM
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3. That's why theoption of unionizing should

never, ever be off the table.

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treestar

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Fri Jun-18-10 08:39 AM
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4. That's good. The higher their wages, the less reason for moving

things there.

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Jeffersons Ghost

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Fri Jun-18-10 08:55 AM
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5. after the raises they will probably still be the lowest wages in the civilized world

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ThomWV

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Fri Jun-18-10 10:18 AM
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6. Shit, just when I was going to Wal Mart ....

so much for the "rollbacks"

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