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China: Labour unrest spreads to emerging sectors including retail and logistics
"China's labour supply is tightening...[in] manufacturing and construction...driving up wages, prompting salary arrears and threatening older workers' social insurance payments when employers close shop or move without warning. Yet couriers and salespeople employed in sectors such as retail and logistics are increasingly faced with similar issues. Incidents of industrial action doubled for retail workers, grew by a quarter in transport and a fifth in the services sector..."