Honda Strike Nothing New in China (WSJ)

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/06/04/honda-strike-nothing-new-in-china/

jc wrote:
There is never going to be a western style union and China is never in favor of doing anything “radical new”. Look at all their reforms they always take a gradual step by step controlled approach. Letting loose thing and let it grows into a tsunami is not in their blood. They will let you to strike, get a 20% raise and shut up. If you got that 20% and still do not shut up they are going to make you shut up. The idea is to do things gradually and orderly.

9:16 am June 6, 2010
li wrote:
工会不是工人协会而是工厂协会，在中国好多外资企业要给工人的工资都被工会给降低了。
其实富士康和本田都还算是可以的企业了，还有许像山西煤矿，死了人都没有人会知道的企业。混蛋的企业是占中国企业大多数的。

11:27 am June 6, 2010
Annoyed wrote:
I hope this is the start of more strikes and more pay rises.

Afterall, why appreciate the yuan to balance trade, it doesn’t benefit the Chinese. Far better to give all the Chinese workers better pay and make China a little less competitive that way.