Fierce comment on WSJ's chinese bus drivers' strike article
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Saw this comment by Richard Chong on Kirsten Han's FB page. She shared Wall Street Journal's chinese bus drivers' strike article. Kirsten even asked Richard Chong to talk to the WSJ journalist to provide a more balanced perspective...
What are you thoughts?
WSJ article: http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/201...reaming_stream
Kirsten han post: https://www.facebook.com/kixes/posts/502863233093 -
act blur everything dont know. nmext time they kill someone also say dont know the law say cannot kill.
poor bastards. the japs should have kill edthem offf one shot during ww2.
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What's the big deal about one small strike? No need to make a mountain out of molehill lah.
Today, the Chinese working class is fighting. More than thirty years into the Communist Party’s project of market reform, China is undeniably the epicenter of global labor unrest. While there are no official statistics, it is certain that thousands, if not tens of thousands, of strikes take place each year. All of them are wildcat strikes – there is no such thing as a legal strike in China. So on a typical day anywhere from half a dozen to several dozen strikes are likely taking place.
More importantly, workers are winning, with many strikers capturing large wage increases above and beyond any legal requirements. Worker resistance has been a serious problem for the Chinese state and capital and, as in the United States in the 1930s, the central government has found itself forced to pass a raft of labor legislation. Minimum wages are going up by double digits in cities around the country and many workers are receiving social insurance payments for the first time....
http://jacobinmag.com/2012/08/china-in-revolt/