China - Around 2000 to 3000 workers at three facilities (2013)

Around 2000 to 3000 workers at three facilities of Shenzhen ASM Micro Electronic Technology Company Limited put down their tools on 31 October 2013 and started 22-day strike over severance and compensation concerning the relocation of the plants to another site. The trade union leadership, which had been in place since 2006, resigned over the matter and the workers held a new election. On 20 November 2013, management tried to undermine the strike by offering a 20 per cent increase in salaries to workers who were willing to accept relocation to the new site and threatening to dismiss workers refused. Moreover, police was deployed to disperse the workers on 21 November 2013. On the next day workers returned to work and seven workers’ representatives were sacked.