Papantonio: Chinese Workers Pushing Back

[GoLeft TV]

Mike Papantonio appears on The Ed Show on MSNBC to discuss the issue of worker revolts across the globe, specifically the case of Chip Starnes being held hostage by his workers in China.

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[Nanjing to Seoul]

1. Sorry Mike, but this is wrong. Workers here are doing NOTHING

They are just instructed to be happy to have a job. Since the propaganda is so strong and critical thought is so weak, people accept it.

Single, isolated incidents mean little in a country of 1.339 billion. Workers cannot organize. . .labor "unions" are more like trade organizations to benefit the factory owners or the industry, not the worker.

I know many people that work everyday (seven days a week) and don't make enough to live on. One woman I know makes 2000RMB a month, works seven days a week for 10 hours a day (excluding an hour for lunch).

2000RMB is about $330 a month. She makes about $10.25 a day in one of the most expensive cities in China (Suzhou).

This is how people here are instructed to thing about working and salaries: People should make just enough to cover their bills and have a little extra left over.

This is the how it works in China. This is how it's going in the US.