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Right To Strike?

Jun 3, 2010

Experts here say the Honda factory strikes could just be the tip of the iceberg as China's workforce make greater demands for decent wages and working hours. That's right.

Analysts say that younger factory workers - having grown up in a time of relative prosperity - will find it increasingly difficult to accept low pay and grueling work hours the way previous generations have. China's rapidly aging population also is expected to boost labor's leverage as the number of working-age Chinese dwindles to about half its current portion of the population by 2030.

There are labor shortages in many export-driven coastal provinces because of rapid development in China's interior. And several provinces and major cities like Shanghai have had little choice but to raise minimum wages. And the Honda strike appears to have worked – the workers have been offered a 24 percent pay rise that would bring monthly salaries to about $281. So is striking the answer? Is downing tools and refusing to work the best way to improve working conditions? Or are there more constructive ways to improve things in the workplace? That's a question we put to people in today's Straight from the Street.

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[2010/05/11] Shanghai Expo: Worth the Cost?
[2010/05/10] Shoot to Kill
[2010/05/10] A Progressive Step?
[2010/05/08] Life's Little Luxuries
[2010/05/08] Human Rights Dialogue
[2010/02/23] Sick Baby Dilemma
[2010/02/23] Paying Extra For Organic
[2010/02/21] Dalai Lama Meeting: Chinese Reaction
[2010/02/20] Fighting Online Game Addiction
[2010/02/19] Japan's GDP Figures: Chinese Reaction
[2010/02/18] C-Section Trend
[2010/02/18] Hillary's Future
[2010/02/17] Can Soccer Boss Clean Up The Sport?
[2010/02/13] Divorce Rates Soar
[2010/02/12] Jackson's Doctor Arrest
[2010/02/11] Obama Talks Tough: Chinese Reaction
[2010/02/11] Festive Fun
[2010/02/10] Body Donation Doubts
[2010/02/09] More Tainted Milk Discovered
[2010/02/07] No Cell Phones For Kids?
[2010/02/07] Does School Make A Difference?
[2010/02/06] Dalai Lama Visit
[2010/02/05] Talking To The Taliban
[2010/02/05] China's Space Race
[2010/02/04] Online Reaction To Taiwan Arms Sales
[2010/02/04] Spending On Tibet
[2010/02/03] Vietnamese Wife
[2010/02/03] Chinese Luxury Goods
[2010/02/02] Should Dog And Cat Meat Be Banned?
[2010/02/02] Women In The Workplace
[2010/01/31] Corruption: What can be done?
[2010/01/30] Time To Tax Motorists?
[2010/01/30] Quake Donations "Misused"
[2010/01/29] Super Rich Eye Homes Abroad
[2010/01/29] Blood Transfusion Concerns
[2010/01/28] Be Positive…Or Else!
[2010/01/28] Do You Feel Richer?
[2010/01/27] Killer Hailed A Hero
[2010/01/27] China No.2 Economy
[2010/01/26] Avatar Pulled Or Pushed?
[2010/01/26] Dying With Dignity
[2010/01/24] U.S. Donations Cause Controversy
[2010/01/24] Worth The Sacrifice?
[2010/01/23] Elementary School Pressure
[2010/01/22] "Compassionate Invasion" Of Haiti
[2010/01/22] What Level Of Education Is Best?
[2010/01/21] Kidnapping Sparks Online Debate
[2010/01/21] Was It Right To Cancel Mr Gay?
[2010/01/20] Japan Vows Action On Gas Fields
[2010/01/20] Online Vs Real Life Opinion?
[2010/01/19] Rewards Given For Porn Reports
[2010/01/19] Anti-Missile System
[2010/01/17] 9.5% GDP Growth In 2010?
[2010/01/17] Kiss Causes Airport Chaos
[2010/01/16] Haiti Earthquake
[2010/01/15] Google Threat: Chinese Reaction
[2010/01/15] Battling Anti-Social Behavior
[2010/01/14] Super Tanker To Aircraft Carrier
[2010/01/14] Movies - Chinese Or Foreign?
[2010/01/13] Yale Given $8,888,888 Donation
[2010/01/13] What Is "Western Culture"?
[2010/01/12] An Academic Controversy
[2010/01/12] Corrupt Journalists
[2010/01/10] Views on Housing Prices
[2010/01/10] Yao Ming's Baby
[2010/01/09] Tying The Knot Too Tightly?
[2010/01/09] Industrial Scandal Sickens 51 kids
[2010/01/08] What Goes Up… Must Come Down?
[2010/01/08] Top News For 2009
[2010/01/07] China's "Online Mafia"
[2010/01/07] Chinese Moviegoing Habits
[2010/01/06] Too Much Luxury?
[2010/01/06] Corrupt Judge
[2010/01/05] Mental Health In China
[2010/01/05] New Year Hopes
[2009/12/31] Resident Permit Reform
[2009/12/31] Iran Protests:Chinese Reaction
[2009/12/30] Online Reaction To Execution
[2009/12/30] Disabled Driver Rules Eased
[2009/12/29] Karaoke Songs Censored
[2009/12/29] Who Benefits From Taiwan Deals?
[2009/12/27] Online Chat Ok At Work?
[2009/12/27] Cold Attitude To H1N1 Suspects
[2009/12/26] Knowledge Of Christmas Traditions
[2009/12/26] US Arms Sale To Taiwan
[2009/12/25] Copenhagen Controversy
[2009/12/25] Too Many Motors?
[2009/12/24] Helping Migrant Workers
[2009/12/24] Secondhand Or New?
[2009/12/23] Farmer Compensated For Jail Time
[2009/12/23] Online Vs. TV Ad Markets
[2009/12/22] Putting The Brakes On E-Bikes
[2009/12/22] Cheering China's Workers
[2009/12/20] Balance Between Economy And Climate
[2009/12/19] Chinese Troops In Afghanistan?
[2009/12/19] In The Dock
[2009/12/18] Dorm Suicide, Who's To Blame?
[2009/12/18] Dating Changes
[2009/12/17] Earthquake School Rebuilt
[2009/12/17] Kidnapping Fears In China
[2009/12/16] Migrant Worker Woes
[2009/12/16] Food Safety
[2009/12/15] Who Pays The Piper?
[2009/12/15] Individually Green
[2009/12/13] Is The Shanghai Expo Important?
[2009/12/12] Improving Life For The Blind
[2009/12/11] Woman Burns Herself As Protest
[2009/12/11] Job Worries For Students
[2009/12/10] One Child Policy: Time For A Change?
[2009/12/10] Housing Costs
[2009/12/09] Repatriation For Fugitive?
[2009/12/09] Only Skin Deep
[2009/12/08] Best,Worst Things About Life In Xinjiang
[2009/12/06] Whitehouse Dinner Gatecrashers
[2009/12/06] Buying Property Overseas
[2009/12/05] Does Taxi Increase Bother You?
[2009/12/05] Martial Arts Showdown
[2009/12/04] Milk Victims Cry Foul
[2009/12/04] Is Obama Right On Afghanistan?
[2009/12/03] Selling Made In China
[2009/12/03] The Ideal Job
[2009/12/02] Match-Fixing Scandal
[2009/12/02] Worried About HIV/AIDS?
[2009/12/01] Buildings Beyond Belief?
[2009/12/01] Second Wife Syndrome
[2009/11/30] Yunnan Media Monitors
[2009/11/30] Electricity Price Hike
[2009/11/28] Graduate Patrols
[2009/11/28] What Do You Know About Africa?
[2009/11/27] China Not Interested In Democracy
[2009/11/27] Job Prospects For Returnees
[2009/11/26] Flowers Fertilized With Blood
[2009/11/26] Feelings Towards Beggars?
[2009/11/25] Net Users To Fight Corruption
[2009/11/25] Men Or Women: Who's Best At Business?
[2009/11/24] China's Compulsive Savers
[2009/11/24] Heaviest Financial Burden
[2009/11/22] Education: Time For A Change?
[2009/11/22] Dangers Of Child Labor
[2009/11/21] Most Powerful Person In The World
[2009/11/20] State Banquet
[2009/11/20] Changed View Of Obama?
[2009/11/19] Reaction To Obama
[2009/11/19] China's Western Allies
[2009/11/18] Changed Dynamics In Sino-US Relationship
[2009/11/18] What Would You Ask Obama?
[2009/11/17] Obama Quizzed In Shanghai
[2009/11/17] USD-RMB Exchange Rate
[2009/11/16] Dear Mr President…
[2009/11/16] Favorite President
[2009/11/15] Obama Out Of Ten
[2009/11/15] US More Student Exchanges
[2009/11/14] SNS Lawsuit Action
[2009/11/14] Stars In Commercials
[2009/11/13] Gang Justice?
[2009/11/13] Do You Support The Death Penalty?
[2009/11/12] New PKU Entrance Regulations
[2009/11/12] Beijing Or Home After College?
[2009/11/11] Prostitution Crackdown
[2009/11/11] Migration: The Good And The Bad
[2009/11/10] Online Gaming Row
[2009/11/10] Mixed Marriages
[2009/11/08] Students Stripped Bare
[2009/11/08] Are Students Well Behaved?
[2009/11/07] Taking The Mickey?
[2009/11/07] Can Chinese Culture Compete?
[2009/11/06] Qualified Doctor
[2009/11/06] Tsien Hsue-Sen
[2009/11/05] Chinese Workers Compensated
[2009/11/05] Domestic Violence
[2009/11/04] Prisoner Parade
[2009/11/04] To Block, Or Not To Block?
[2009/11/03] PLA Seeks Academic Recruits
[2009/11/01] Mob Rule
[2009/10/31] Does Graying China Affect You?
[2009/10/31] Foolhardy Or Brave
[2009/10/30] Views On Germany?
[2009/10/30] Privacy Rights Of Minors
[2009/10/29] Capitalizing On Coal
[2009/10/29] Is More Religion Good?
[2009/10/28] Returned PHD Suicide
[2009/10/27] Marriage Before House?
[2009/10/27] Net Check: Price of Medicine
[2009/10/26] China Donations
[2009/10/26] Gay Parents
[2009/10/24] Home Brands Or Foreign Brands?
[2009/10/24] License To Kill?
[2009/10/23] Is China Car Boom Good?
[2009/10/23] Hijacked Bulk Carrier
[2009/10/22] Foreign Friends
[2009/10/22] HIV Blog Hoax
[2009/10/21] National Games Too Much?
[2009/10/21] Taxi Entrapment
[2009/10/20] China And The World
[2009/10/20] After School Controversy
[2009/10/17] Currency Manipulation
[2009/10/17] Chongqing Gangs
[2009/10/16] Medal of Dishonor
[2009/10/16] Should Gays Serve in the Military?
[2009/10/15] Chinese Hummer
[2009/10/15] Bus Row Fallout
[2009/10/15] Mainland Maternity
[2009/10/15] Marriage Rush
[2009/10/14] Wuhan University Scandal
[2009/10/14] Study Abroad or at Home?
[2009/10/13] Sun Yue's Future
[2009/10/13] Al-Qaida Threat
[2009/10/10] Where In The World?
[2009/10/10] Obama's Nobel Prize
[2009/10/09] Is Obama Doing a Good Job?
[2009/10/09] Was Rio The Right Choice?
[2009/10/09] Is Obama Doing a Good Job?
[2009/10/08] Chinese Donations
[2009/10/08] China and North Korea
[2009/10/07] Illegal Taxis
[2009/10/07] China's Labor Shortage
[2009/10/06] Saving Money
[2009/10/06] Anti-Japanese Feelings
[2009/10/05] Worried About Your Job?
[2009/10/05] Today's Degrees Useless
[2009/10/04] Safety in Beijing
[2009/10/04] Life of Luxury
[2009/10/03] National Day vs. Olympics
[2009/10/03] Spoilt Rich Kids
[2009/10/02] IS Beijing's Air Cleaner?
[2009/10/02] Airport Clearner Freed
[2009/10/01] Parade Reactions
[2009/09/30] Students Auction Reputation
[2009/09/30] Video Piracy
[2009/09/29] No Divorces In Chongqing?
[2009/09/29] National Day Celebrations
[2009/09/27] Animal Cruelty
[2009/09/27] Capital Parade
[2009/09/26] Rising Ticket Prices
[2009/09/26] National Day Plans
[2009/09/25] Hacker's Gift to Nation
[2009/09/25] Japan's New PM
[2009/09/24] China Flag at White House
[2009/09/24] Flight Cancellations
[2009/09/23] Official Property Rules
[2009/09/23] Welcome Back Liu Xiang
[2009/09/22] NBC vs. CCTV
[2009/09/20] Liu Xiang Come Back
[2009/09/20] Pricy Pooch
[2009/09/19] 50% Off Abortions
[2009/09/18] Do You Buy Green Products
[2009/09/18] Open Chest Surgery Case
[2009/09/17] Military Parade
[2009/09/17] China Tax Increase
[2009/09/16] Importance of Military
[2009/09/16] National Day Security
[2009/09/14] Airplane Safety

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Wage Hike For Factory Workers

Amidst much upset over low wages in China, Shenzhen municipality, one of China's top production hubs, will increase its minimum wage to 11-hundred yuan, or about 160 U.S. dollars per month beginning in July.

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As spring has turned to summer here in China, problems between workers and management at multinational corporations in the south of the country have started to heat up.

First a string of suicides at their factories brought Foxconn, the country's largest contract electronics manufacturer, to its knees.

Then a strike by workers at a Honda transmission assembly plant brought work at all four of the company's factories in China to a halt.

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Honda Strike

No sooner had news of a series of suicides at the company that manufactures iPads and iPhones been forced from the news by government decree, than word of a strike at a massive Honda assembly plant in southern China started to make its way into the media here. It's the latest incident in what's shaping up to be a rough summer for manufacturers and governments across China's manufacturing heartland.
Beijing's Minimum Wage

With worries about the apparently growing gap between rich and poor high on the list of concerns for the Chinese government many provinces and cities have recently raised standard minimum wages. And the capital, Beijing, has joined that list.

The authorities have raised the minimum that worker's can be paid from 800 yuan per month to this year's 880 – that's up from $117 to about $128 - a rise of about $11 or ten percent. But there have been complaints that the new amount is still too low, given the higher costs of living in the capital city.
So how do people in Beijing feel about the new minimum - and is such a standard even necessary? Well we went out on the streets of the capital an asked just that. Here's what they had to say in today's Straight from the Street…
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