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US boss held in China leaves plant after payout
By Agencies Job Market Trend Report
Chip Starnes
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Speciality Medical Supplies
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Beijing
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Hostage
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China Labour Dispute
Ending his detention, American boss Chip Starnes said a deal was reached overnight to pay the scores of workers who had demanded severance packages, even though they weren’t being laid off. In a strange arrangement, all the workers would be terminated, and Starnes said some of them would be rehired later
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American held at China plant is safe as dispute drags
By Agencies Job Market Trend Report
Chip Starnes
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Beijing
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Jinyurui Science and Technology Park
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Huairou District
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Charles Starnes
US Embassy officials met Charles Starnes at Beijing plant on 24 June and confirmed he “might be close to reaching an agreement" with his workers over a pay dispute, but workers keep him locked up, fearing American boss may flee without paying their outstanding salaries, Xinhua reports
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US factory boss held hostage by workers in Beijing
By Agencies Job Market Trend Report
Beijing
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Medical Supply Plant
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Specialty Medical Supplies
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Jinyurui Science and Technology Park
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Qiao Zi Township
Backed by local officials, scores of Specialty Medical Supplies workers hold American Chip Starnes hostage in a science park on the outskirts of Beijing as they demand severance packages like those given to 30 co-workers in a phased-out department. About 80 workers block exits around the clock and deprive Starnes of sleep by shining bright lights and banging on windows of his office.
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