#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty China’s workers turn up the heat in summer of protest http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/china%E2%80%99s-workers-turn-heat-summer-protest China’s long hot summer saw workers across the country stage strikes and protests against low pay, wage arrears and poor working conditions. In the three months from June to August 2013, CLB recorded a total of 183 incidents on our Strike Map, up seven percent from the previous three months, and more than double the 89 incidents recorded from June to August in 2012.* In July alone, we recorded 78 incidents, with another 67 in August. Undeterred by record high temperatures, workers regularly took to the streets in protest. While most protests occurred in or close to the workplace, on at least 11 occasions workers deliberately blocked roads and bridges in order to further their demands. On one occasion, in temperatures of 39 degrees Celsius, workers at a textile factory in Nanjing blocked the roads in Luhe district demanding the payment of wage arrears after the boss ran off... RELATED: http://news.yahoo.com/coopers-chinese-workers-lock-u-managers-protest-indian-170754287--finance.html