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BEIJING (AFP) - – Operations at a Honda parts factory in southern China were expected to return to normal Monday after nearly a week of disruption over a pay dispute, company and local officials said.
 
The Honda Lock factory in the southern province of Guangdong is one of a string of factories in China -- and the third in the Honda family -- hit by a wave of industrial unrest in the so-called "workshop of the world".
 
A Hong Kong newspaper had reported that workers were going to stage a mass rally on Monday to air their salary grievances, but both Honda and a local Chinese official denied knowledge of any protest.
 
"Over the weekend, we reached an agreement with the representatives of the workers. The issue has been resolved," said a Tokyo-based spokesman for Honda Lock, whose workers walked out last week.
 
The spokesman told AFP that some employees had returned to work at the plant in Xiaolan on Sunday, and that full operations were to resume on Monday, though he said he was still "confirming the status" of production on the ground.
 
When asked about any problems on site, he responded: "We have not heard about it."
 
The South China Morning Post quoted a worker as saying they expected a "massive turnout" for a rally on Monday after the company posted recruitment advertisements on the streets of Xiaolan.
 
But a local official in Xiaolan county, Xiang Jiandong, told AFP: "There is no rally. The workers have resumed work today."
 
Honda Lock supplies car locks and key sets for Japan's number two automaker.
 
The subsidiary, which has about 1,500 employees, last week offered a pay rise of 100 yuan (15 dollars) a month from the current salary of around 1,700 yuan but workers were demanding more than 2,000 yuan, a local official said.
 
Honda's auto assembly lines run by its Chinese joint venture Guangqi Honda Automobile have been stalled several times in recent weeks because of labour disputes at its parts manufacturers.
 
Two other disputes -- at the company's main engine parts part in Guangdong, and at a factory making exhaust and muffler components -- have since been resolved.
 
China's state Xinhua news agency reported that workers had staged a rally on Sunday over the posting of job advertisements offering new employees more than they currently earn.
 
"The factory suddenly posted a want ad and their intention is very clear: they are threatening us striking workers," Xinhua quoted an employee representative as saying.
 
Honda has a production capacity of 650,000 vehicles a year in China.
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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