current event #4-end of china's cheap labor?-http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/13/china-s-workers-strike-back.html

A)this article was written by Duncan Hewitt from Newsweek. This article is about how foxconn and Honda, two of china's biggest foreign manufacturers have raised the pay for their factory workers. There had been so many strikes, protests, and even suicides that they had no choice but to finally comply.foxconn was only paying their workers $130 a month!workers finally became fed up and because of the continuously enforced one child policy in china, which gives them the advantage of not having as many able workers, the employess had the upper hand. the company has even offered to double what their workers are currently earning in wages. worker shortages, and a new law on labor dispute resolution, has caused the factories to become more desperate for their workers.Though things are looking up for these workers, companies are debating on whether or not to relocate their factories to different countries, in order to get more labor at a cheaper cost.
B)I chose this article because i found it interesting how they finally raised the wages.still, it doesnt seem like enough even if you double the salary. I cant imagine how even one person could survive on $130 a month let alone whole families.Hopefully these new changes stick because these workers are sometimes doing strenuous labor, and for peanuts!its crazy and hopefully it will change someday.