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China’s Workers Restive And On Strike

As companies from Wal-Mart to the world’s largest shoe-maker, Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings, face disgruntled employees,  Alexandra Harney at Reuters describes a growing restlessness in China’s workforce:  The number of strikes so far this year is up by close to a third – the biggest surge in protests since the global financial crisis, according to one labour group – as businesses cut costs and foreign companies restructure or close operations