\n Toyota plans to reopen its plant in Guangzhou, which has been closed since June 22, Hideto Yukawa, a Tokyo-based spokesman for the automaker, said today. Denso Corp., Japan\u2019s biggest auto parts maker, said employees agreed to return to work at a factory in the city that makes components for Toyota.<\/p>\n
At least eight strikes in the past month have forced suppliers to Toyota, Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. to raise wages in China, increasing the carmakers\u2019 costs in the world\u2019s largest automobile market. Pressure for higher pay is rising as workers demand a greater share of the benefits of economic development, said Bill Russo, a Beijing-based senior adviser at Booz & Co.<\/p>\n
The workforce \u201chas not been benefiting or participating in that development through the ability to consume the goods they are producing,\u201d Russo said. \u201cThat imbalance has to be corrected.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From Bloomberg: Toyota plans to reopen its plant in Guangzhou, which has been closed since June 22, Hideto Yukawa, a Tokyo-based spokesman for the automaker, said today. Denso Corp., Japan\u2019s biggest auto parts maker, said employees agreed to return to work at a factory in the city that makes components for Toyota. At least eight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,5,38],"tags":[480,481,2887],"class_list":["post-81025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-society","category-the-great-divide","tag-labor-unrest","tag-strikes","tag-toyota","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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