They are also seeking an increase of about 500 yuan ($74) per month, from wages that currently total about 900 yuan.
One worker said the two sides talked for about 20 minutes on Thursday morning, but that management failed to respond to their demands. No talks were set for Friday.
On Friday morning, roughly half of the 200-person workforce was milling about the grounds of the plant, which makes car gear sticks in the south China city of Foshan.
Three police cars were parked outside the plant at a distance monitoring the workers, but there were no conflicts.
"We had no choice, the choice to strike," one line manager told Reuters. "Otherwise 90 workers would be fired. That would be too miserable."
Atsumitec informed Honda that some production had resumed at the plant on Thursday evening, a Honda spokesman in Japan said. He added that the strike hasn’t had any impact on Honda’s China car-making operations.
The factory supplies parts to Dongfeng Honda, a tie-up with Dongfeng Motor Group Co and Guangqi Honda, Honda’s joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile, a worker told Reuters.
The strike marks the end of a couple of weeks of relative calm for foreign-run Chinese factories.
The wave of current unrest hit a peak in June, but reports tapered off at the end of the month. The last reported stoppage, at Japanese-owned Tianjin Mitsumi Electric Co, ended on July 3.
Labour costs in China have been rising, partly encouraged by a government that wants to turn farmers and workers into more confident consumers, even as it tries to keep a lid on strikes
They are also seeking an increase of about 500 yuan ($74) per month, from wages that currently total about 900 yuan.
One worker said the two sides talked for about 20 minutes on Thursday morning, but that management failed to respond to their demands. No talks were set for Friday.
On Friday morning, roughly half of the 200-person workforce was milling about the grounds of the plant, which makes car gear sticks in the south China city of Foshan.
Three police cars were parked outside the plant at a distance monitoring the workers, but there were no conflicts.
"We had no choice, the choice to strike," one line manager told Reuters. "Otherwise 90 workers would be fired. That would be too miserable."
Atsumitec informed Honda that some production had resumed at the plant on Thursday evening, a Honda spokesman in Japan said. He added that the strike hasn’t had any impact on Honda’s China car-making operations.
The factory supplies parts to Dongfeng Honda, a tie-up with Dongfeng Motor Group Co and Guangqi Honda, Honda’s joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile, a worker told Reuters.
The strike marks the end of a couple of weeks of relative calm for foreign-run Chinese factories.
The wave of current unrest hit a peak in June, but reports tapered off at the end of the month. The last reported stoppage, at Japanese-owned Tianjin Mitsumi Electric Co, ended on July 3.
Labour costs in China have been rising, partly encouraged by a government that wants to turn farmers and workers into more confident consumers, even as it tries to keep a lid on strikes