The agreement between Microsoft and Nokia is not so nice
Lack of confidence in employers often generates workers are reluctant to harm an acquisition that fear working conditions.
Hundreds of workers on Wednesday shouted slogans outside a Nokia factory in southern China in a protest against what they called unfair compensation after the company sold its mobile phone division to Microsoft Corp.
The workers gathered outside the entrance of the factory in the industrial city of Dongguan reported struggling against new labor contracts worsened terms and were forced to sign after the U.S. software giant Nokia bought the unit in September.
“We will continue fighting until we get what’s fair,” said a young worker who gave his surname as Zhang.
Riot police beat four workers on Wednesday morning and took several witnesses told Reuters.
About 30 policemen guarded the workers, wearing white uniform Nokia showed posters with slogans like “Protect our rights legally” and “We demand fair compensation.”
Nokia continues to dialogue with the protesters, said the Finland-based company told Reuters in a statement sent by email.
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