BEIJING, May 28 -- A strike at a transmission factory of Honda Motor Corp in south China over wage levels has forced the Japanese vehicle maker to shut down production at four of its manufacturing plants.
"Along with local government officials, we are in discussions with employees trying to solve disputes over wages as soon as possible," Zhu Linjie, a spokesman for Honda Motor (China) Investment Co Ltd, said yesterday.
"All options are under consideration, including importing parts from neighboring countries so we can resume production," he told Shanghai Daily.
Employees walked off the Foshan factory in Guangdong Province on May 17 and have been out ever since.
The plant has 1,900 employees and supplies 480,000 sets of transmissions to Honda's Chinese ventures annually.
Workers complained about unfair salary differences between Chinese and Japanese employees and demanded a wage increase of about 1,000 yuan (US$146.41).
