1,000 workers hold managers hostage in Shanghai labour row

MaxShimba · 2013-01-20T23:46:25+00:00

More than 1,000 furious migrant workers besieged a factory in Shanghai and held 18 Japanese and Chinese managers against their will for more than a day, after the workers were required to abide by unequal regulations. The workers of Japanese electronic appliance maker Shanghai Shinmei Electric staged a strike and besieged the factory for two days, starting around 8am on Friday morning, following the introduction of a new factory policy calling for heavy fines, demerits or immediate termination for workers who made a mistake, the Japan-based Asahi Shimbun reported yesterday. At least one Chinese manager with hypertension passed out after being forcibly detained along with the 17 others - seven Chinese and 10 Japanese - in two office rooms between Friday and Saturday. The company's president, Hideaki Tamura, was among those held. On Saturday night, more than 400 Shanghai police officers freed the managers. Read more: 1,000 workers hold managers hostage in Shanghai labour row | South China Morning Post

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Start date Jan 21, 2013

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