Honda Lock China factory workers decided strike

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Honda’s lock factory out of China is still closed for business. It is being reported that workers are still on strike and have no plans to return to work until a deal regarding their monthly pay can be met.

Reports are stating the reason behind the strike is due to the fact more than half of the workers believe they deserve and are in need of a bigger paycheck. The initial offer that Honda made to worker is was said to have been for one hundred Yuan, which is equivalent to roughly fourteen U.S dollars each month; workers apparently felt that was not a reasonable amount and rejected the offer. Sources are stating the Honda employees are now insisting in a pay increase of now less than 500 Yuan or seventy three U.S dollars.

Honda factory workers decided to show up to work early Saturday with the promise of a meeting with management and Honda Execs to discuss the negotiations; only to be disappointed when none of their superiors turned up to discuss anything. Sources are reporting that when worker finally realized that they would not be getting the chance to be heard, all that showed up for the meeting subsequently abandoned their station for the day.

As a result of the strike and lack of compromise between Honda and its China workers, the fate of the lock factory is unknown. Although sources claim negotiations are still on going and that they are closer to an agreement that anyone realizes. Only time will tell whether or not the workers will get the pay increase that they feel they need.

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Honda Lock China factory returned to work after a week-long strike

China's Premier Wen Jiabao has called for better living conditions for migrant workers from rural areas.

He said China owed them its wealth and tall buildings, and officials should treat them as their own children. The comments follow a wave of strikes and labour-related suicides.

Up to 200 million Chinese workers have migrated from the countryside to the cities in recent years.

But the government has refused to relax the system of residence permits.

Mr Wen made his remarks as workers at a Honda factory returned to work after a week-long strike over pay.
No pay promise

"The government and all parts of society should treat young migrant workers as they would treat their own children," Mr Wen said.

He promised to improve public facilities in the countryside, like schools and hospitals, so that migrant workers would have less to worry about in their hometowns.
The labour disputes at factories in the Chinese industrial belt have raised fears that migrant workers are becoming restless about tough working conditions and curbs on pay.

Strikes are illegal in China but the government seems to be tolerating the recent walkouts at Honda suppliers and other firms, as long as the disputes are settled quickly and quietly, says the BBC's Chris Hogg in Shanghai.

In the past five months, 10 Chinese employees of the IT manufacturer Foxconn have committed suicide. Three more have attempted to take their own lives.

Foxconn, the world's largest maker of computer components, supplies brands such as Apple, Nokia and Dell.

It is not unusual for Mr Wen to speak out in favour of the low paid or those from the countryside who come to the cities seeking work, our correspondent says.

But in light of the recent unrest, Mr Wen's comments will be seen in China as an effort to calm them, he adds.

Mr Wen did not address the most common complaint of the different groups of striking workers that their pay is too low.

However, his words send a signal to government officials that they must pay greater attention to the needs of the migrant workers.

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