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11 Jun 2015

Author:
Luisetta Mudie, RFA

Workers in China's Tesco-Linked Supermarket Chain Strike For 'Fair Treatment'

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Dozens of workers at a supermarket chain in southern China that was once owned by U.K. retail giant Tesco went on strike this week in protest at deteriorating pay and conditions since the chain was sold to a Chinese company. Workers...gathered outside stores on Friday in Guangdong's Guangzhou, Dongguan, and Shenzhen cities on Friday...According to social media posts, employees say they have seen a deterioration in their pay and benefits since China Resources took over the running of the chain last year...China has seen 1,041 industrial disputes since the beginning of the year, 145 of which have been clustered in the once-booming manufacturing regions of Guangdong...