Wage deal ends guards’ strike
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HUNDREDS of armored car guards who went on strike on Tuesday in Guangzhou returned to work yesterday after agreeing a new pay deal with their employer, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.
The dispute was settled after management at the Suibao Escort and Convoy Co agreed to increase wages by 600 yuan (US$99) per month. The package includes a 500 yuan basic wage rise and an extra 100 yuan food allowance, the report said.
Several banks in the city, which were forced to closed after running out of cash that would normally have been supplied by Suibao, also reopened yesterday, it said.
The guards gathered in front of the company’s offices in Baiyun District on Tuesday to call for higher salaries, improved social insurance packages and better management, the report said. It did not say how much the workers earned before the strike or how they wanted management to be improved. They had, however, been working under a lot of pressure, it said.
Police officers were dispatched to help direct traffic in areas affected by the action, while a task force of officials from Guangzhou’s human resources and social security bureau, police and labor union met at Suibao’s offices in a bid to resolve the dispute.
The strike was not the first by armored vehicle guards in Guangdong. In December, nearly 500 guards in Zhongshan walked out after their employer threatened to cut welfare benefits, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.
The dispute was settled when the workers accepted a 510 yuan monthly wage increase.
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