Labor Unrest On The Rise In China

Strikes, lock-outs, production slow-downs, legal actions and media campaigns are on the rise in China, say attorneys from Winston & Strawn. They cite one source that has determined between June 2011 and the end of 2013 there were more than 1,170 strikes in China, many of them targeted at foreign companies The writers discuss layoffs, labor unions and specific issues that arise in the context of acquisitions, as they lay out strategies for avoiding or mitigating unrest.