Honda strike lingers in China
Factories stalled as some workers resist offered raise
Posted: June 2, 2010 at 3:42 a.m.
Workers assemble toy cars at a factory in Dongguan, China, in 2007. Recently young workers have been less willing than earlier generations to put up with bad working conditions.
Honda’s car-assembly factories in China remained stalled by a strike Tuesday as some workers held out for a wage increase bigger than the 24 percent the automaker is promising.
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Business, Pages 21 on 06/02/2010
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