1,000 workers hold managers hostage in Shanghai labour row
Source: South China Morning Post
More than 1,000 furious migrant workers besieged a factory in Shanghai and held 18 Japanese and Chinese managers against their will for more than a day, after the workers were required to abide by unequal regulations.
The workers of Japanese electronic appliance maker Shanghai Shinmei Electric staged a strike and besieged the factory for two days, starting around 8am on Friday morning, following the introduction of a new factory policy calling for heavy fines, demerits or immediate termination for workers who made a mistake, the Japan-based Asahi Shimbun reported yesterday.
At least one Chinese manager with hypertension passed out after being forcibly detained along with the 17 others - seven Chinese and 10 Japanese - in two office rooms between Friday and Saturday. The company's president, Hideaki Tamura, was among those held.
On Saturday night, more than 400 Shanghai police officers freed the managers.
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...this looks like progress, just reading the story. 1,000 employees held 18 members of the management for 2 days, and there were only two of the striking employees injured. And the management said they would give them a raise, after it was all over. And I bet you they don't have such a thing as a Labor Union over there. If it was over here, union or not, the riot police would have mowed 'em down. Thanks TJ for the post, as I am for unions everywhere, organized or not.
... forever everywhere! 
