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Article

19 Nov 2010

Author:
Kathy Chu and Michelle Yun, USA Today

Wages, conditions improve as workers in China form unions

…Lan Yimin represents the new generation of Chinese factory workers…While she's following in her parents' footsteps on the assembly line, unlike them, she's less willing to…toil away for meager pay and benefits. She has more job options and better access to information…the surge in job-related strikes and lawsuits may signal that workers are no longer willing to stand idly by. The developments are "incredibly hopeful," says Charles Kernaghan, director of the National Labor Committee…"You're talking about the biggest working class in the world rising up. Change will come through these people." [Refers to Apple, Bloomingdales (part of Macy's), Brooks Bros, Dell, Elec-Tech, Foxconn (part of Hon Hai), Honda, J.C. Penney, TAL Group, Wal-Mart, Williams-Sonoma]