Monday, August 16, 2010

Workers Let Go by China’s Banks Are Putting Up a Fight

by Andrew Jacobs from the NY Times

Another report from China of workers fighting back against China's version of capitalism as it throws more workers on the scrapheap of obsolescence. Note that this capitalist source sees their struggle as futile because, of course, they wish it so. We shall see.
For a government determined to maintain social harmony, the protests and petitioning are vexing. Compared with farmers angry over seized land or retired soldiers seeking fatter pensions, the bank workers — educated, organized and knowledgeable about the Internet — are better equipped to outsmart the public security agents constantly on their trail.