Strike ends at Japanese electronics plant in China: Report

BEIJING: Workers at a Japanese-owned electronics factory in northern China ended a strike and returned to work Saturday after reaching an agreement with their employers, state-run media reported.

The strike by 3,000 workers at the Tianjin Mitsumi Electric Co Ltd factory in the city of Tianjin began late on Tuesday in a dispute over pay and benefits.

It was latest in a wave of labour unrest to hit foreign-run companies in China, highlighting discontent among the millions of Chinese who make many of the world's products but do so for low salaries and in poor conditions.

The plant resumed production Saturday after an agreement was reached in which "the workers' lawful demands were satisfied," Xinhua news agency said, citing a company statement, but giving no further details.

Earlier in the week the company said that the strike had halted all its production lines.

The company makes electronic components and computer parts.

Japanese automakers Toyota and Honda also have been forced to halt production at China assembly plants several times in recent weeks after strikes at auto parts suppliers.

Taiwan high-tech giant Foxconn offered its employees in southern China wage hikes after a spate of worker suicides, and is now planning to shift some of its production to other parts of the country to counter rising costs.