[1][2] The group of students and disgruntled workers sought to legally form a labour union; the dispute came to be known as the Jasic incident.
Their efforts were, despite initial signs of support, opposed by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, which rarely engages in collective bargaining and has been described as 'ineffective at representing workers'.
[4] The movement consisted mostly of left wing students of Peking University and has been characterized as Maoist,[5] feminist,[6] and socialist.
[9][10][11][12][13] In September 2018, workers at the JASIC factory in Huizhou, Guangdong attempted to form a union in protest to poor labour conditions and inadequate pay.
[5] Human rights organization Amnesty International released a statement condemning the suppression of the striking workers and the detention of student activists.