Another worker strike at Parts plant in China

[wynode]

After recently reaching a deal with workers at a transmission manufacturing plant, looks like Honda have more problems on the their hands.

Honda Motor said Tuesday that another parts factory in southern China has stopped production after many of its 600 workers went on strike, just days after the Japanese automaker agreed to raise salaries for Chinese employees who walked out at a transmission plant.

The factory supplies exhaust parts for Guangqi Honda, a joint car assembly venture between Honda and Guangzhou Automobile of China, Ms. Asanuma said. Production for Guangqi Honda hasn’t been affected so far, she said.

“The employees at the Foshan plant are continuing to strike,” Ms. Asanuma said. “There has been no effect on production at Guangqi Honda, but if the strike continues, that could change. We are keeping a close eye on the situation.”

More here.

[m3ntAL_l2]

lol 75% pay raise... wonder how much they getting paid currently.

good on them, standing up for them selves

[wynode]

Wonder if we'll see this trickle on to other areas and / or affect prices!

[tiksie]

Most probably getting paid peanuts for them to be wanting a 75% increase.

[Red_EG4]

This kind of thing would be absolutely unheard of in the history of China wouldn't it?

[wynode]

Things don't look like they're getting any better following this protest march.

A Honda spokesman declined to comment on the details of the strike. The Chinese government has been relatively lenient in allowing coverage of the labor unrest because Honda is a Japanese company, and some anti-Japanese sentiment lingers in China as a legacy of World War II.

[SiReal]

Fair enough, with such a low minimum wage, and such labour intensive work, and an explosive GDP, wages need to be adjusted accordingly and margins increased.

China is fast becoming a highly developed country, hence developing country/economy wages simply cannot be maintained nor justified.

Makes you wonder why local unions whinge and bitch so much with already so much benefit.

[specialst]

shoulda kept manufacture and assembly in japan.

[STAiN MASTER]

All our manufacturing has gone to china we have lost our factorys. This is great news, Chinese people need to protest more for increased wages so manufacturing can return to their respected countries.

As wages increase price of items coming from China increase so therefor it would be cheaper to manufacture in your own country.

[m3ntAL_l2]

lol it will never be cheaper to manufacture here....

labor work here is what ~$20AUD/hr? so in a day that $120AUD/day x 6 = $720YUAN/day x 5days = $3600YUAN week

most plp over there get $3000YUAN/month

[tiksie]

lol it will never be cheaper to manufacture here....

labor work here is what ~$20AUD/hr? so in a day that $120AUD/day x 6 = $720YUAN/day x 5days = $3600YUAN week

most plp over there get $3000YUAN/month

$3000RMB a month ? WHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT ?

That's a preety good wage in China

And I think he was talking about manufacturing in Japan not in Aus lol.