Wantai Textile Workers Strike in Zaozhuang, Shandong

• Date: May 1 2010 Time: 10:59
• Description:
  From CLB: 1 May 2010: Workers at a subsidiary of the Wan Tai Group‘s cotton plant in Zaozhuang, Shandong went on strike for higher wages. Some workers earned just 500 yuan a month, and even those who had worked at the plant for three decades still earned less than 700 yuan a month. Senior managers meanwhile drove expensive cars and sent their children to study overseas.