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Chinese Workers Holding U.S. Executive Hostage In Factory Over Pay Dispute

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Chinese Workers Holding U.S. Executive Hostage In Factory Over Pay Dispute
  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Lol, they haven't been paid in two months & they still show up for work.

    I would have walked out on the first missed check.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Lol, they haven't been paid in two months & they still show up for work.

      I would have walked out on the first missed check.
      WHO KNOWS? From what I understand, FOX CONN has everyone living ON the premises. Before "anthony johnson", the US had indentured servants and, once they completed their term, they had a skill, money, and land. And who knows? Maybe it is REALLY slave labor.

      ALSO, they may be paid monthly, and have been told that they would receive it the next month.

      Of course, they may have simply come THAT DAY to confront the head guy.

      Steve
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        It's a bit nuts. The company says workers have been paid - so should be able to prove that.

        The odd part is there were compensation plans for the employees whose jobs were to be lost.

        Other employees were not being laid off - but they are demanding "compensation plans" anyway.

        I think the executive made a dumb mistake - he should have had employees at administrative level in China and allowed them to do the layoffs and to reassure other workers.
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        • Profile picture of the author gearmex
          Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

          It's a bit nuts. The company says workers have been paid - so should be able to prove that.

          The odd part is there were compensation plans for the employees whose jobs were to be lost.

          Other employees were not being laid off - but they are demanding "compensation plans" anyway.

          I think the executive made a dumb mistake - he should have had employees at administrative level in China and allowed them to do the layoffs and to reassure other workers.
          most likely they have been paid but just asking for more as "Severance" pay especially as foreigner owner...Here seems these days have lot more issues for foreigners from Chinese side
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          • Profile picture of the author seasoned
            Originally Posted by gearmex View Post

            most likely they have been paid but just asking for more as "Severance" pay especially as foreigner owner...Here seems these days have lot more issues for foreigners from Chinese side
            There IS a way everything kind of makes sense. Maybe they have a rule that they will be given 2 months notice, or a severance package of 2 months salary. In the US they at least USED to have the same thing, but it was 2 weeks.

            They were not told that they were being phased out. That IS a common occurrence these days. And they noticed that a lot of resources were being shipped to India. So they put two and two together.

            After this, they demanded the money thinking they were about to be ripped off, even though many would be kept much longer.

            If this is true, it means the employer was unjustly mistreated but the workers sincerely felt they were simply defending themselves financially.

            Steve
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            • Profile picture of the author gearmex
              Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

              There IS a way everything kind of makes sense. Maybe they have a rule that they will be given 2 months notice, or a severance package of 2 months salary. In the US they at least USED to have the same thing, but it was 2 weeks.

              They were not told that they were being phased out. That IS a common occurrence these days. And they noticed that a lot of resources were being shipped to India. So they put two and two together.

              After this, they demanded the money thinking they were about to be ripped off, even though many would be kept much longer.

              If this is true, it means the employer was unjustly mistreated but the workers sincerely felt they were simply defending themselves financially.

              Steve
              yeah but this is in CHINA, not in USA, here only severance most times you get is when you get fired and told to leave premises immediately...offcourse pay salaries what owed by that point but nothing more.
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              • Profile picture of the author Kay King
                The workers demanding the money were not being fired or phased out - they saw others who were let go with severance packages and don't think they understood the concept.

                The man was released after 5 days - but I wonder at what risk to other businesses operating in China as he granted higher wages to gain his release.
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                • Profile picture of the author gearmex
                  Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

                  The workers demanding the money were not being fired or phased out - they saw others who were let go with severance packages and don't think they understood the concept.

                  The man was released after 5 days - but I wonder at what risk to other businesses operating in China as he granted higher wages to gain his release.
                  They did the same for Honda and Toyota last year, demand more money and go on riot, (all work halted) offcourse Chinese gov didnt do anything as it was not Chinese business so no hurt to them (if it where Chinese factory do this to Chinese military would had run them over immediately) its more like Blackmail than normal dispute...
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  • Profile picture of the author texasemploymentlawyer
    Some days with some of the stuff I hear/read in my profession I'm surprised the same kind of employment disputes don't erupt into similar events.
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    Interesting details here...


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