Police have detained teachers involved in a city-wide strike in northeast China that halted classes for almost a week, in a rare instance of labour unrest in the country’s public sector workforce.
While labour unrest at factories in the country’s coastal manufacturing hubs is not uncommon, Chinese authorities have been unnerved by this public sector strike in their northern agricultural heartland, orchestrated via networking tools such as QQ and Wechat.
The strike also stemmed from teachers’ concerns over salary levels, subsidies and pension payments, all of which are placing greater strain on already highly indebted local governments.
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