Strike paralysing Finnish ports extended after talks collapse
The two-week strike by Finnish transport workers that has effectively shut down the country’s ports ...
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As the traditional manufacturing heartlands of China – particularly the Yangtze and Pearl River deltas – begin to be drained of their production capacity, the migrant workers that filled the factory halls are increasingly demanding compensation for losing their jobs. The economic transformation underway in China is having a massive effect on its billion-strong workforce. There have now been some 250 strikes in the people’s republic since the beginning of the year.
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