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Article

5 Jul 2010

Author:
James Pomfret and Kelvin Soh, Reuters

Special Report: China's new migrant workers pushing the line

…China may be "the workshop of the world", but young rural migrant workers…are less accepting than their parents were of life in the factories -- low pay, grueling hours, and sometimes martial workplace rules…Workers have been far more aggressive, using the Internet to organize, and are winning significant concessions…[A] labor shortage in China's industrial hubs has allowed workers to be choosier. Factory owners in southern and eastern China report widespread difficulties in finding workers and are hiking wages to entice potential employees…[Refers to Adidas, Apple, Foxconn (part of Hon Hai), Hyundai, Honda Lock (part of Honda), Nike, Toyota]