Workers across China protest wave of layoffs, unpaid wages
Vol. 87/No. 6 - February 13, 2023![Hundreds of workers at Alltest Biotech factory in Hangzhou, China, protest Jan. 9, part of actions across the country against layoffs, outstanding back pay. Police arrested dozens here.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/China_8706_404-300x232.jpg)
Local governments across China are increasingly trying to crack down on protests by workers fighting spreading layoffs and growing unpaid wages. They have “threatened to punish workers who take ‘extremist measures,’ such as protests blocking traffic or outside government offices…