Shanghai port truckers strike for higher pay
Mobile crane operators organize across China
Mobile crane teams took to the streets on 16 November calling for an increase in their rates. Drivers hung banners from their cranes in demonstrations and gatherings in several cities, including Lianyungang, Nanjing, Hefei, Nanyang and Liaocheng.
Rising fuel costs was the major motivating factor for the crane operators who had been organizing for months in an effort to mitigate cutthroat competition in the industry. Crane teams regularly have to travel huge distances across China and as such diesel is a major cost burden.
The crane operators recognized that in order to secure their income amid the pressure of rising costs they would have to take collective action.