China Factory Shut Down.

[unit731]

BANGALORE, India (Reuters) -- Honda Motor Co. was forced to shut all four of its Chinese auto assembly plants after workers at its parts factory in southern China walked off the job, demanding a wage hike, the Nikkei business daily said.

 

Talks between labor and management broke down Monday and Honda is unsure when production will resume, the daily said.

 

Output has been suspended since Monday's night shift at both the Zengcheng facility, which produces the mainstay Accord sedan, and the Huangpu plant, the paper said.

 

At the Wuhan facility, which churns out the Civic and other offerings, production came to a standstill beginning with the night shift Wednesday, the Nikkei said.

 

The protests were triggered by workers at the company's transmission facility in Foshan in Guangdong Province. Monthly salaries for factory employees there average 1,500 yuan, or about $220.

 

The workers are seeking a raise to 2,000 yuan to 2,500 yuan, which is on a par with what employees at Honda's auto assembly plants receive, the paper said

 

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[jro909]

i'm sure the nike plant is hiring

[ColoradoSkiCountry]

If the Chinese keep this up then sooner or later all the other workers in the industries will strike for higher costs and it won't be beneficial for American companies to outsource or move operations overseas because of cheap labor!

[papastoy]

More sales for GM China!

I doubt they would have struck without government approval.

[Wingnut]

If the Chinese keep this up then sooner or later all the other workers in the industries will strike for higher costs and it won't be beneficial for American companies to outsource or move operations overseas because of cheap labor!

 

This is why I'm not worried about China.

[C. Charles Hahn]

If the Chinese keep this up then sooner or later all the other workers in the industries will strike for higher costs and it won't be beneficial for American companies to outsource or move operations overseas because of cheap labor!

 

One can only hope!

[Royal Vader]

Eventually, everyone will want what the west has and the standard of living that goes with it.

Overseas low cost labor is just a stop-gap to meet short term bottom line cost targets to improve profitability numbers for stockholders.

Labor costs are just one piece of a very big puzzle.

 

This will all even out.

[Daryl LBZ]

If the Chinese keep this up then sooner or later all the other workers in the industries will strike for higher costs and it won't be beneficial for American companies to outsource or move operations overseas because of cheap labor!

 

 

 

 

I really hope your right about that.