China orders "iPod City" to set up union
China has directed a contract manufacturer of iPod music players to establish a union this year, Chinese media reported on Friday, after the company sued two Chinese journalists over a report accusing it of mistreating employees.
The government of the southern boomtown Shenzhen ordered the Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Foxconn), the Shenzhen branch of Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry, to set up a union by the end of this year, the Beijing News said.
The General Workers' Union of the city had been urging the company to establish a union since 2004, but the company has not done so, it said.
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