Workers protest at an antigen test kit factory in over layoff and wage disputes, videos show.
Workers clashed with police at a Covid test kit factory in China, videos posted on social media showed.
In one video, hundreds of workers could be seen gathering outside the factory, some of them shouting: "Give us our money back!"Some videos suggest later at night some protesters throwing chairs, crates and traffic cones at a group of riot police deployed at the scene, forcing the officers to retreat.
Posts online said the protest started on Saturday morning, when workers were told they were effectively laid off and that salaries would not correspond to those promised by the workers' agents.
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