"At the end of July last year, for instance, some thirty thousand steelworkers in the rust-belt province of Jilin fought with police and beat to death a top manager who had threatened large layoffs after a merger."

I live in Pittsburgh, so this comment immediately reminded me of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Strike

People had to die on the way to getting some sane working conditions in this country. Perhaps Chinese workers are close to this point now?