Strike hits German firm in Shenzhen

Chinese media report that over 5,000 employees, mostly female migrant workers, started a strike at a German producer of mobile phone components, Feihuang Electronic Factory at Shenzhen. The strike started at the evening of August 22 as a protest against proloning work hours and lowering wages, writes the China Tech News.

According to the workers, from last month on, the factory asked each of them to make 90 more chargers every hour and if they could not finish the task they needed to work extra hours, or they would not get the basic salary. From the evening of August 22 on, about 5000 workers began their strike and some of them reportedly broke into the facilities of the factory.

The factory has about 10,000 workers in total.