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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.

Three days after a strike involving more than 15,000 workers broke out in a factory in southern Vietnam, U.S. sportswear maker Nike announced April 3 that the dispute had been resolved....

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