U.S. Businessman Leaves Beijing Factory After Labor Standoff
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An American businessman said he was able to leave his factory on the outskirts of Beijing yesterday after a standoff with his employees kept him inside for more than five days.
The factory’s Chinese workers had refused to let Charles Starnes, chief executive officer of Coral Springs, Florida-based Specialty Medical Supplies, leave the grounds over a wage dispute after the company decided to move part of its production to Mumbai, where labor costs are lower, Starnes said on June 26.