【英语中国】罢工导致本田暂停在华制造工厂的运营

Honda has been forced to suspend operations at its manufacturing plants in China, as a strike at a supplier factory ripples through the Japanese carmaker's supply chain.

More than 1,800 workers at a Honda transmission factory in Foshan, a manufacturing centre in southern Guangdong province, have gone on strike, demanding higher wages.

The company confirmed that the industrial action had disrupted operations at car assembly plants in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, and Wuhan in central China.

The Foshan facility closed on Monday, with Honda's three car factories following suit on Wednesday. According to the company, the stoppages could continue into next week, pending a government-led effort to resolve the dispute.

The workers appear to be acting independently and without support from the country's only officially recognised union, the All China Federation of Trade Unions.

“They have organised this themselves,” said an executive at the Foshan factory's union office, who declined to give his name.

While the ACFTU has been more aggressive in establishing chapters at multinational companies, most notably Walmart, it shies away from direct confrontation with management. The union's website lists “the building of a socialist harmonious society” as one of its “primary tasks”.

Strikes are also rare at multinationals, which tend to pay higher wages and offer better conditions than their Hong Kong, Taiwanese and domestic counterparts.

Honda's employees in Foshan earn about Rmb1,500 ($220) per month and are demanding an increase to Rmb2,000-Rmb2,500.

本田(Honda)已被迫暂停在华制造工厂的运营，原因是一家供应商工厂罢工，打断了这家日本汽车制造商的供应链。

在广东南部制造业中心佛山，一家生产变速器的本田工厂1800多名工人已开始罢工，要求提高工资。

该公司证实，这一劳工行动打乱了本田在广东省会广州和华中武汉的整车装配厂的运营。

佛山工厂周一停工，本田的三家整车厂周三也相继停工。据该公司介绍，罢工可能持续到下周，目前政府正介入调停。

工人们似乎在独立行事，而并没有得到该国唯一得到官方承认的工会——中华全国总工会(ACFTU)——的支持。

“他们自己组织了这次罢工，”佛山工厂工会办公室一位不愿透露姓名的行政人员说。

尽管中华全国总工会对于在沃尔玛(Walmart)等跨国公司建立工会一直较为积极，但它并不愿意与公司管理层直接对抗。该工会的网站上将“建设社会主义和谐社会”列为其“主要任务”之一。

在华跨国公司中，罢工也非常罕见，因为相比香港、台湾及中国国内企业，跨国公司往往会支付更高的工资，提供更好的工作条件。

佛山的本田员工每月收入约为人民币1500元（合220美元），他们要求增加到每月2000至2500元人民币。

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