The Restructuring Process at the Liaoyang Fero-alloy Factory and Workers’ Anti-Corruption Struggles

Abstract During the annual meetings of the NPC and CPPCC in Beijing in March 2002, a mass strike erupted in the northeast city of Liaoyang. The strike was mainly initiated by the workers of the Liaoyang Ferroalloy Factory and involved more than ten plants that were slated to be restructured. Thousands of workers participated in the demonstration, and called upon the central government to punish local corrupt officials, protect the assets of state-own enterprises, and maintain workers’ rights. The demonstration lasted for nine days from March 11 to 20. Later four workers’ representatives, including Fuxin Yao and Yunliang Xiao, were arrested by the people’s armed police and police security sent by the Liaoyang city government. They were later charged with the “subversion of State power.”
Author China Left Review, Issue 4, 2011, Liao Yuan,The Restructuring Process at the Liaoyang Fero-alloy Factory and Workers’ Anti-Corruption Struggles
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