Honda has been forced to suspend operations at its China manufacturing plants, as a strike at a supplier factory ripples through the Japanese car maker’s supply chain.
More than 1,800 workers at a Honda transmission factory in Foshan, a manufacturing centre in southern Guangdong province, went on strike to demand higher wages. A company spokesperson confirmed that the industrial action has disrupted operations at car assembly plants in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, and Wuhan in central China.
The Foshan facility closed on May 24, with Honda’s three Chinese car factories following suit on Wednesday. According to the company, the stoppages could continue into next week pending a government-led effort to resolve the dispute.