China export hubs fear labor exodus over new year

One of the best reasons to Boycott China ,
As if the Constant Cyber attacks and bickering , or an unrelenting flood of tainted products and threatening the U.S. with Economic sanctions because of Taiwan ,aren't enough .
Now there is the extortion of the Chinese people who work in sweatshops making all the products for us that we are no longer allowed to make .


SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - After six months working long, grinding hours churning out a stream of sports goods on a factory line in southern China, Wang Lili tried to quit her job, only to be rebuffed by her bosses who threatened to fine her instead .

"A lot of people want to quit but they won't allow them to," said the slim, pony-tailed factory girl over a meal in Songgang, where her employer, Leader Sporting, makes skating equipment for top Western brand K2 Skates in the export hinterland of the Pearl River Delta.

"I feel tired all the time. The pressure on us is growing and I can't stand it any longer."

Wang's plight reflects a seemingly growing trend in China's export hubs, of factory bosses scrambling to recruit and retain workers, sometimes illegally, as Western orders for Chinese goods gather pace again, while labor shortages loom.

"The factories are thinking of all kinds of tricks to keep the workers, including withholding wages and imposing fines," said Chen He, another worker at Leader Sporting who is clocking more and more overtime and lives in a grimy dormitory room for twelve people that provides no electrical sockets or lockers.