Wanted: Unskilled workersTHE WORKPLACE From: International Herald Tribune | Date: March 30, 2005| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Thomas Fuller
International Herald Tribune
03-30-2005
One of the oddest sights for visitors to this industrial city is the bright red banners proclaiming labor shortages at massive, modern factories. Labor shortages in China?''Our company has vacancies for unskilled workers,'' says a banner outside the Dongguan Lighting Decoration Factory.Next door, at a huge glassware factory, a red and yellow sign reads: ''Our company is expanding and needs unskilled workers, glass technicians, supervisors and quality controllers.''It has been nine months since the government of Guangdong Province, across ...

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