IBM Guangdong plant hit by strike over workers' severance package
By Gao Yuan in Beijing and Chen Hong in Shenzhen | China Daily | Updated: 2014-03-08 08:41
A strike at an IBM Corp factory in southern Guangdong province entered its fifth day on Friday as more than 1,000 workers demanded higher severance payments ahead of a Lenovo Group Ltd takeover.
Workers were protesting the factory's decision to announce a severance plan without seeking their input and forcing them to make a decision on short notice.
A banner displayed at the factory gate read: "We are not products, not assets and not slaves, please do not sell us out."
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