labor - Uniden strikes again for a union


Twelve thousand workers at the Japanese Uniden plant in Shenzhen have been on strike again since April 17 to support their demand for a trade union, the China Labor Bulletin reports. Uniden is a familair name, as they had their first strike in December, here in the International Herald Tribune.
In December, according to the report, the Japanese company agreed to install the compulsory union, but the promise was broken by a new Japanese manger and organizers of the strike were sacked.

The workers are striking in protest against the Uniden management's refusal to
allow them to establish a trade union. According to a message posted on a mainland online bulletin board, the strike began after managers at the cordless phone firm, which is a large supplier to the giant American retailer Wal-Mart, issued a statement to the Chinese workforce containing "threatening and insulting language."

The workers have also used the current wave of anti-Japanese protests to resume their strike.
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