Shandong Mine Workers Strike Over Months of Back Pay, Bonuses

[Omaha Steve]

Coal mine workers demand unpaid wages and benefits at the municipal government office in Tengzhou, Jan. 4, 2014.
Photo courtesy of a worker

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pay-01052015135604.html

2015-01-05

Hundreds of workers at a state-run coal mine in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong are on strike following clashes at the weekend amid protests over unpaid wages and benefits, workers said on Monday.

Around half the workforce at the Jinda mine near Shandong's Tengzhou city continued to strike on Monday after crowds of more than 1,000 people began gathering outside municipal government offices at the beginning of the year, sparking clashes with police on Sunday.

Local sources told RFA that one worker sustained head injuries in the clashes and was taken to hospital for treatment, while six people were detained at the scene.

"They owe us five months' back pay, so this affects everyone at the mine," a striking worker who gave only a nickname A Ming said.

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