Shanghai factory workers block major highway over layoff payouts

Hundreds of workers at an automotive trim company in Shanghai blocked a major highway in the city amid a protest over plans for mass layoffs on Wednesday, RFA Mandarin’s Labor Bulletin reported. The workers from the state-owned Shanghai Guoli Automotive Leather Decoration Co. scuffled with police as traffic backed up on the Husong Highway, according to video clips of the standoff posted to social