ASSESSMENTS
Vietnam: Using Unions to Release Social Pressure
Apr 4, 2008 | 18:41 GMT
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Summary
Vietnam appears to be encouraging workers to direct their anger over rising inflation toward their foreign bosses for not raising wages as the cost of living increases. Like Vietnam, China also has a state-controlled labor union. And like China, Vietnam is using workers as a political valve for releasing social pressure.
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