Workers get pay rise after strike
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A car parts plant owned by Japan's Denso Corp., in south China's Guangdong Province, will give workers a pay-rise after a strike halted production for three days.
Plant management have agreed to raise pay by 800 yuan (118 U.S. dollars) a month, said one of the 20-plus representatives of the workers involved in the pay negotiations Saturday.
The man surnamed Zhang said the negotiations had been carried out in a "friendly manner," with both sides expressing willingness to improve mutual understanding.
More than 1,000 of the total 1,200 workers went on the three-day strike from Monday, demanding a pay rise of between 800 yuan and 1,000 yuan on the monthly salary of 1,300 yuan.
Honda Motor Co. had to halt production Wednesday at two of its Chinese assembly plants due to the strike at the auto parts supplier of Denso.
"The management said they will respond to 200 suggestions raised by workers during the negotiations in two months. Their attitude has changed. In the past, they ignored our demands," said Zhang.
He said workers suggested the plant improve living conditions and employee benefits in addition to the pay rise.
The workers said strikes at the Honda and Toyota auto parts factories in Guangdong and Tianjin had inspired them to pursue their demands in a similar way.
The first Honda-related strike happened at Foshan Nanhai Honda Auto Parts Manufacturing Company in Guangdong Province from May 17 to June 1, and the second at Foshan Fengfu Autoparts Co. Ltd. in Guangdong from June 7 to 9. A third occurred at Honda Lock (Guangdong) Co. from June 9 to 15.
Workers at Tianjin Xingguang Plastic Factory held a one-day strike on June 15, and employees at a Toyota subsidiary parts supplier in Tianjin stopped work from June 17 to 19.
All of the strikes have ended with pay rises.
