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From Bloomberg:

Workers at Bayerische Motoren Werke AG’s dealership in the northeast Chinese city of Dalian went on strike to protest “several hundreds of thousands yuan” of unpaid bonuses, the 21st Century Business Herald reported.

No one was available for immediate comment when calls were placed to BMW in Germany. Calls to the automaker’s service center in China and the dealership, Dalian Yanbao Automobile, went unanswered.

From Global Times:

Workers at BMW's dealership in Dalian, Liaoning Province in northeast China protested in regard of "several hundreds of thousands yuan" of unpaid bonuses, the 21st Century Business Herald reported.

And that is not the only problem the dealer faces. On Monday, all leaders of senior level at the Northern China German Auto (NCGA) received an email titled: "Overdue wages of sales staff" from all the sales staff of NCGA (in Beijing).

The company had fired all middle-level leaders in Dalian NCGA on June 18 on the grounds of not acting in concert with the audit causing the head of NCGA to launch an all-staff strike immediately.

An insider said, "The audit, which has been done five times affects regular services."

Mark McLarty, the Chairman of NCGA flew to Dalian with other senior leaders last Friday to negotiate with NCGA (Dalian) executives on behalf of the staff.

Every staff member at Dalian DCGA received a text message from the company's superior department that asked them to resume work in time on June 21 or else face dismissal.

An anonymous source revealed that NCGA has been in arrears with sales consultants' financial bonuses since 2008, and workers have unsuccessfully claimed their bonuses for eight months.

A sales person of NCGA in Beijing said the basic wage of a sales consultant is between 1,500 to 2,000 yuan, plus bonuses that are fuits from car-selling, motor car insurance and financing.

The 21st Century Business Herald reported that NCGA has agreed to add a 20-percent raise to its employees in Dalian, but the two sides haven't reached any agreement on compensation for dismissed staffs.

From MSN Qiche:

近日，据国内媒体报道，德国宝马汽车集团在中国最大的经销商之一燕宝集团因拖欠员工工资，导致大连分公司全体员工罢工。这一事件是继本田罢工事件之后的又一起外资股东与中国员工因诉求矛盾导致的罢工事件。

据报道，6月21日早8点，燕宝集团所有高层都收到了一封名为“关于拖欠员工工资事件”的邮件，邮件声明，如果公司6月份再不发放拖欠奖金，将集体采取维权行动。

据内部人士透露，“从2008年宝马金融成立至今，已有长达两年时间，公司一直拖欠销售顾问宝马金融奖金，总额高达数十万，销售顾问从09年10月至目前历时8个月漫长的索要一直无果，不知是不是公司有意不发，我们全体销售员非常气愤，对现在的燕宝很失望！也无法理解！宝马圈里也属罕见！”，上周五，燕宝大连分公司全体员工已经罢工。

而燕宝集团主席，38岁的美国人Mark McLarty（麦克·马克拉蒂）带领集团全部高层纷纷赶往大连，与以代表员工利益的大连燕宝高层进行谈判。

据最新消息，集团已经同意为大连员工加薪20％，但是双方并没有就解雇员工赔偿一事达成一致。在大连全体员工罢工之前，大连燕宝全体中层被集体解雇。目前大连燕宝罢工没有停止。