SHANGHAI -- Up to 6,000 workers at a Flextronics plant here reportedly are striking over plans to relocate production to a Suzhou plant.

According to China Labor Watch, a workers' rights group, about 6,000 workers have walked out on the job in a dispute over severance pay after the firm announced the move to Suzhou. The strike, which started Monday, is now entering its third day.

According to China Labor Watch, the contract assembler did not discuss the move with workers prior to its decision, and later told the workers that if they did not move to Suzhou with the factory, then they would be choosing to resign without severance pay.

Workers at Flextronics Shanghai typically work 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, with a monthly income of 2,300 RMB ($365), China Labor Watch said. Workers in the Suzhou Wuzhong factory of Flextronics work up to 100 hours of overtime per month, earning 2,200 RMB. By moving its factory, Flextronics is almost certainly trying to take advantage of the lower labor standards in Suzhou.

“The primary reason that these workers are striking is that Flextronics never spoke with the workers about the move, choosing not to give the workers any right to negotiation," China Labor Watch Director Li Qiang said. " These workers already have families in Shanghai—their kids are in Shanghai—so it is not easy for them to move to Suzhou.”

Flextronics has not commented on the action.

The Shanghai plant is located in the Jiading district. It was established in 2001 and makes printers and other components. Flextronics has other sites in the Shanghai area, including an automotive factory in Pudong.

Ed: 1 USD = 6.31085 RMB

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上海 - 据报道，多达6000名工人在一个伟创力的工厂在这里是惊人的超过计划将生产转移到苏州工厂。

根据中国劳工观察，工人的人权团体，约6000名工人已经走了出来，在工作遣散费争议，此前该公司宣布将转移到苏州。罢工，这周一开始，现在已进入第三天。

合同汇编根据中国劳动手表，没有讨论决定之前，与工人的举动，后来又告诉工人，如果他们不能移动到苏州的工厂，那么他们会选择辞职，没有遣散费。

在伟创力上海工人通常每天工作10个小时，每周工作6天，每月收入为2300元人民币（$365），中国劳工观察说。伟创力在苏州市吴中工厂的工人每月加班100个小时的工作，收入2200元。通过将其工厂，伟创力几乎可以肯定是试图利用较低的劳工标准在苏州。

“主要的原因是这些工人引人注目的是，伟创力的工人从来不说话的举动，选择不给工人任何权利谈判，”中国劳工观察的李强主任说，“这些工人已经在上海的家庭他们的孩子都在上海，所以他们转移到苏州，这是不容易的。“

伟创力的行动没有评论。

上海工厂位于上海市嘉定区。它成立于2001年，打印机和其他组件。伟创力在上海地区的其他网站，包括汽车在浦东的工厂。

ED：1美元=6.31085元人民币