Honda

Workers' autonomy strikes in China - Mouvement Communiste and Kolektivně proti kapitálu

Striking workers at Honda, Zhongshan, summer 2010

A pamphlet by Mouvement Communiste and Kolektivně proti kapitálu about the wave of strikes that swept the industrialised coast of China in the summer of 2010.

Wildcat Strike at Honda HMSI in Gurgaon, Manesar

A report of a wildcat strike at Honda in Gurgaon, India in December 2010.

Auto industry strikes in China - Lance Carter

Chinese Honda workers strike

Lance Carter gives an account and analysis of the hugely successful wildcat strike wave at mostly Japanese-owned auto factories in China, 2010.

More strikes by Chinese Honda workers

Yet another strike has broken out at a south China factory supplying parts for Japan's Honda Motor Co., the latest in a string of stoppages by Chinese workers demanding a bigger piece of the country's economic wealth. This article also includes a round-up of recent strikes in China.

Another walkout at Chinese Honda factory

Honda Motor Co. workers at an assembly plant in Guangzhou, China, walked out on July 7 and July 8, causing the Japanese carmaker’s production in China to be disrupted for at least the fourth time since May.

China: Unrest spreads as Honda workers keep striking

Workers stand by a fence during a strike at a Honda Motor vehicle factory.

Strikes at Honda’s transmission and exhaust system plants in the southern Chinese city of Foshan that won significant pay rises, and ongoing industrial action by Honda Lock workers in Zhongshan, have been followed by strike action in other parts of the country. Workers are demanding higher wages, better conditions, and secure jobs in cities including Shanghai, Zhuhai and Xian, in both foreign- and state-owned enterprises.

Chinese Honda workers threaten more strikes

Striking Honda workers outside the Foshan plant, Guangdong.

Honda Motor Co employees in China on Thursday threatened another strike over a salary dispute. The staff temporarily returned to work on Wednesday at the plant in Foshan, southern China, after a strike that had halted Honda production in the country.

Open Letter to the Public and All the Workers in Honda Auto Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

An open letter by the Nanhai Factory Honda Workers who have returned to work following their wildcat strike, from 3 June 2010.

Open Letter from Local Chinese Trade Union to Honda Motors Factory Workers

Translation of an open letter from the official trade union of Honda workers apologising and attempting to excuse the beating of 40 wildcat strikers by union officials.