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Strike Shut Down in China Before May Day

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Strike Shut Down in China Before May Day

Rural immigrant workers confront their employers. Is this the beginning of the end for the Made-in-China era?

Strike Shut Down in China Before May Day
Credit: Chinese factory worker via Shutterstock.com

Starting in mid April, about 40,000 footwear workers in Southern China walked off the assembly lines in a bid to force their employers to pay housing subsidies and social security contributions. The strike continued for two weeks before the government intervened at the end of the month.

Played down by the state-owned media, this was nonetheless the largest strike that China has seen in recent years.

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