Qinghai Motor Factory Workers Protest in Shajing, Shenzhen

• Date: Mar 26 2005 Time: 19:46
• Description:
  From CLB: On March 26, 2005, some 300 workers from the Qinghai Motor Factory in Guangzhou’s township of Shajing blocked the streets, demanding an increase in wages. Some workers told reporters they could only obtain their designated wages by working excessive overtime shifts. One worker showed reporters a wage chart indicating that her entire monthly wage for the month of December, 2004 was only 550 yuan, significantly lower than the standard minimum wage in Guangzhou, even though it included wages for overtime work. [Note: CLB lists Shajing as belonging to Guangzhou here, but I believe there is only a Shajing in Shenzhen].