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15 Apr 2014

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BBC

China's Yue Yuen shoe factory workers in large strike

Thousands of workers at a major shoe factory in China, which supplies brands including Nike and Adidas, are striking over social security payments. Workers at the Yue Yuen factory, in the southern industrial hub Dongguan, are demanding better social insurance and housing fund contributions...However, a Yue Yuen spokesman told Reuters that a revised "social benefit plan" had been announced, following "thorough internal analysis and calculation and considering all the factors including the affordability from the factory perspective".

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