Strike now over at car parts plant
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June 21, 2010, Monday
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WORKERS returned to work yesterday morning at a Toyota parts supplier in Tianjin Municipality, ending a three-day strike for higher pay, local authorities said.
Workers at the No. 2 plant of Toyota Gosei (Tianjin) Co in the Dongli Economic Development Area - which has more than 30 Toyota suppliers - refused to work last Thursday and demanded higher pay, forcing the plant's production line to shut down.
The company and the workers reached a deal around 5pm on Saturday, according to a statement yesterday by the city government's information office.
The statement did not release details of the deal.
According to a worker surnamed Zhao, production resumed yesterday at 9am after the company promised an extra 200 yuan (US$29.3) full-attendance bonus per month. Workers had demanded a 20 percent pay increase.
The plant has more than 1,300 workers earning an average monthly wage of about 1,500 yuan.
"I'm not sure if the back-to-work thing is temporary or that all of us have totally accepted the offer," Zhao said.
Workers planned and called for the strike in early June over the Internet. The company had agreed to raise workers' wages by 17 percent before the strike.
The company usually raises wages 15 percent every year.
TG Tianjin, established in 1995 with a registered capital of 200 million yuan, had sales revenue of 1.53 billion yuan in 2009. It makes brake hoses, airbags, instrument panels and steering wheels.
Another TG subsidiary, Tianjin Star Light Rubber & Plastic Co, was also hit by a strike last Tuesday when more than 1,000 workers downed tools, demanding their pay be restored to its 2009 level.
The workers' pay dropped an average of 50 percent since early 2010, a woman employee surnamed Huang said.
The strike ended after the company agreed to the workers' demands last Tuesday night.
Workers at the No. 2 plant of Toyota Gosei (Tianjin) Co in the Dongli Economic Development Area - which has more than 30 Toyota suppliers - refused to work last Thursday and demanded higher pay, forcing the plant's production line to shut down.
The company and the workers reached a deal around 5pm on Saturday, according to a statement yesterday by the city government's information office.
The statement did not release details of the deal.
According to a worker surnamed Zhao, production resumed yesterday at 9am after the company promised an extra 200 yuan (US$29.3) full-attendance bonus per month. Workers had demanded a 20 percent pay increase.
The plant has more than 1,300 workers earning an average monthly wage of about 1,500 yuan.
"I'm not sure if the back-to-work thing is temporary or that all of us have totally accepted the offer," Zhao said.
Workers planned and called for the strike in early June over the Internet. The company had agreed to raise workers' wages by 17 percent before the strike.
The company usually raises wages 15 percent every year.
TG Tianjin, established in 1995 with a registered capital of 200 million yuan, had sales revenue of 1.53 billion yuan in 2009. It makes brake hoses, airbags, instrument panels and steering wheels.
Another TG subsidiary, Tianjin Star Light Rubber & Plastic Co, was also hit by a strike last Tuesday when more than 1,000 workers downed tools, demanding their pay be restored to its 2009 level.
The workers' pay dropped an average of 50 percent since early 2010, a woman employee surnamed Huang said.
The strike ended after the company agreed to the workers' demands last Tuesday night.
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