Economy

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

61. IBM factory strike shows shifting China labour landscape

Sun Mar 9, 2014, 08:36 AM

Mar 2014

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/09/uk-china-strikes-idUKBREA2804N20140309

(Reuters) - A wildcat strike at an IBM factory in southern China illustrates how tectonic shifts under way in the country's labour market are emboldening workers to take matters into their own hands, raising risks for multinationals.

More than 1,000 workers walked off the job last week at the factory in Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong, after managers on March 3 announced the terms of their transfer to new ownership under Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd.

Lenovo agreed in January to pay $2.3 billion for International Business Machine's low-end server business.

The strike, which continued into Sunday, fits a growing pattern of industrial activism that has emerged as China's economy has slowed. A worsening labour shortage has shifted the balance of power in labour relations, while smartphones and social media have helped workers organise and made them more aware than ever of the changing environment, experts say.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

68 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Weekend Economists Waiting for Godot March 7-9, 2014 [View all] Demeter Mar 2014 OP

The Plot (there's always a plot, you know) Demeter Mar 2014 #1

The Characters (there are always characters, too) Demeter Mar 2014 #2

More Characters Demeter Mar 2014 #3

Godot Demeter Mar 2014 #4

CURRENTLY OFF BROADWAY Demeter Mar 2014 #7

The Only Certainty Is That He Won�t Show Up: The Right Way to Say �Godot� Demeter Mar 2014 #14

No banks have failed, yet Demeter Mar 2014 #5

Inside The Army�s Spectacular Hidden Treasure Room Demeter Mar 2014 #6

NOT KIDDING - GO TO THE LINK FOR THE PICS. IT'S AMAZING. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2014 #30

Why Russians Are �Paranoid� By Peter Hitchens Demeter Mar 2014 #8

Who�s the Villain Here? Nicholas Kristof Demeter Mar 2014 #11

Why Russia Can�t Afford Another Cold War Demeter Mar 2014 #16

The Face Behind Bitcoin Demeter Mar 2014 #9

The Satoshi Paradox: Newsweek out on a wire with a Bitcoin blockbuster By Felix Salmon Demeter Mar 2014 #46

Fed officials see high hurdle for changing course on QE taper Demeter Mar 2014 #10

Billion Dollar Babies GAIL COLLINS Demeter Mar 2014 #12

A Little Night Music on the Theme Demeter Mar 2014 #13

Kansas violating state constitution in school funding, court says Demeter Mar 2014 #15

The Hammock Fallacy PAUL KRUGMAN Demeter Mar 2014 #17

Natural Gas as a Diplomatic Tool Demeter Mar 2014 #18

Owner of 32-Room, $43 Million Mansion Stole His Workers Tips And Cheated Them of Overtime Demeter Mar 2014 #19

Sounds like somebody who deserved to be shot in the balls. Fuddnik Mar 2014 #31

carly is waiting, too Demeter Mar 2014 #20

women do a lot of waiting Demeter Mar 2014 #21

The essence of existentialism concentrates on the concept of the individual's freedom of choice, jtuck004 Mar 2014 #22

All I know is, when I wait for something indefinitely Demeter Mar 2014 #25

Yeah, I actively try to avoid it. Once in a while I get sucked in, but that's why I carry a book jtuck004 Mar 2014 #28

April 2014 "Discover" article on the science of Neuropsychoanaysis kickysnana Mar 2014 #33

I think it is much harder day-to-day there than it is here, and that we don't take that jtuck004 Mar 2014 #35

In America, they are called a 'Bash Mob' DemReadingDU Mar 2014 #56

J***s! Why do all the bad ideas come out of California? Demeter Mar 2014 #57

this says it all Demeter Mar 2014 #23

Ever Thought About A Career In Loan Sharking, A Booming Industry? jtuck004 Mar 2014 #24

Are you kidding? They learned it here. Demeter Mar 2014 #26

<G> n/t jtuck004 Mar 2014 #27

I knew several Mafia loan sharks back in the '70s. Fuddnik Mar 2014 #32

Interpretations of "Godot" Demeter Mar 2014 #29

Musical Interlude hamerfan Mar 2014 #34

Aw, hamerfan....a pun? Demeter Mar 2014 #42

CHINA'S FEBRUARY EXPORTS DOWN 18 PERCENT xchrom Mar 2014 #36

BANK OF AMERICA CEO PAY JUMPED 77 PERCENT xchrom Mar 2014 #37

JAPAN SEES FUTURE BUSINESS IN FUKUSHIMA CLEANUP xchrom Mar 2014 #38

Straining at gnats Demeter Mar 2014 #43

That's such a curious meme "straining at gnats" that I went looking for its origin Demeter Mar 2014 #54

Greece, lenders will miss March 10 deadline for rescue loan deal - sources xchrom Mar 2014 #39

Funny Papers Demeter Mar 2014 #40

CALVIN IN THE STYLE OF SAMUEL BECKET Demeter Mar 2014 #41

Russia warns could 'reduce to zero' economic dependency on US Demeter Mar 2014 #44

ARTICLE SCOOPED FROM another liberal, WHO NOTES Demeter Mar 2014 #45

Ukraine crisis: Russia warns US against 'hasty' sanctions Demeter Mar 2014 #50

Obama and Putin: Liar�s Poker Demeter Mar 2014 #52

U2�s Bono asks for Europe-wide campaign for Spain xchrom Mar 2014 #47

Rajoy offers last-minute support for Merkel�s choice in EU vote xchrom Mar 2014 #48

OAS meeting ends with no action taken on Venezuela xchrom Mar 2014 #49

Spain should impose fiscal devaluation to restore competitiveness, experts say xchrom Mar 2014 #51

Why Americans Should Take August Off xchrom Mar 2014 #53

Hear! Hear! Demeter Mar 2014 #55

And maybe the months ending in RRRR, too. Demeter Mar 2014 #58

Musical Interlude II hamerfan Mar 2014 #59

Bank of England's Carney faces grilling over foreign exchange scandal xchrom Mar 2014 #60

IBM factory strike shows shifting China labour landscape xchrom Mar 2014 #61

CHINA'S INFLATION RATE EASES TO 2 PCT IN FEBRUARY xchrom Mar 2014 #62

We Can't Escape Our 'Groundhog Day' Recovery xchrom Mar 2014 #63

So the Ukranian Prime Minister is going to visit, jtuck004 Mar 2014 #64

Ukraine has left Irony way behind it Demeter Mar 2014 #66

Richard D. Wolff | Obama's Economic Significance xchrom Mar 2014 #65

Well, since the Reactionary Capitalists couldn't abide by the Accommodation Demeter Mar 2014 #67

I'm calling it a wrap for the Weekend Demeter Mar 2014 #68