Friday, September 01, 2006

Industrial Relations: Chinese supplier of iPod ordered to allow union

A Chinese supplier of Apple Computer's iPod has been told to let its more than 200,000 workers set up a trade union.

Hongfujin Precision Industry Co. has been involved in a dispute over its labor policies and has been criticised by local and international media. It has now been placed on a list of companies in the southern city of Shenzhen, that have been ordered to set up such a union, which would be affiliated to the government's All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

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