Court cases involving unpaid wages and poor working conditions are becoming more common in China as the country?s economy grows. Despite the jobs that economic growth has generated, at least 150 million rural laborers have no steady income. Making sure that jobs meet safety standards and pay fair wages is not a high priority and officials rarely punish factory owners for labor abuses.
See "Chinese Girls' Toil Brings Pain, Not Riches", Joseph Kahn, The New York Times, October 1, 2003