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Article

21 Aug 2008

Author:
Peter Rasmussen, in 3F, United Federation of Danish Workers

Chinese workers blog vs. Danish factory

Sackings of trade unionists at the Ole Wolff electronics factory in Yantai, China, have caused nationwide commotion. Chinese radio and TV stations have dedicated air time to the matter, and support for the workers' demand for recognition by the Danish factory has come from the highest quarters of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. The workers have been...blogging online to keep Chinese readers up to date on the latest in their struggle to unionise...At one point, the workers at the factory contacted the local union for the supermarket chain Wal-Mart in the Jiangxi province to exchange experiences with them about conditions at foreign-owned factories.