Workers unrest troubles China’s auto industry
Workers at a lock manufactring factory for Honda Motor Co. cars in China were back on the job early Tuesday, temporarily suspending a six-day strike as negotiators tried to reach a new agreement on pay.
The strike is the latest in a series to ail factories around southern China’s Pearl River Delta and a few other regions by workers demanding better pay. Currently, the workers are mostly paid paltry wages and their rights are almost negligible.
The string of strikes, most of which have been resolved, prompted the AFL-CIO, the largest U.S. labor group, to consider asking U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration to investigate whether China gains an unfair trade advantage by denying workers’ rights.
At the Honda Lock factory, one of the last where a strike has yet to be resolved, hundreds of workers trooped back into the factory on Tuesday for the morning shift in the South China city of Zhongshan.
The string of strikes have raised many concerns in the Auto industry which have been setting shops in China of late. Meanwhile, neighbouring country, India has also emerged as a prime auto and auto parts manufacturing hub with much better skill sets and friendlier labor laws .
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