On Jun 6, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: > What I found interesting about the Honda strike was that the > government > supported the workers -- at least in the press. The government > seemed to > be taking advantage of the Foxconn suicides & Honda as a signal to the > country that it is time to move beyond its low wage strategy.
There is another, more cynical explanation to that. It is very expedient for the PRC government to appear to be favoring labor while their real motivation may be to boost the competitiveness of local carmakers. Also beating up on a Japanese company is likely to be popular among the nationalistic elements in China.. --Raghu. -- I don't think, therefore I am not. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
