TAIPEI -- Normally at this time of year, the manager of a speaker maker in Dongguan, China, says he is scrambling to recruit temporary workers for the traditional peak production season.
But this is far from a normal year. The Amazon supplier has not had to make any special recruitment efforts, and its hourly wage for temporary workers remains at 16 yuan ($2.19), the minimum basic rate for the area this year.
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