Chinese PC maker Lenovo is washing its hands of a wildcat strike at an IBM factory in Shenzhen, China. In January, Lenovo purchased one of IBM’s server businesses, and the striking workers — more than 1,000 of them — are among those who will be absorbed by Lenovo. The $2.3 billion deal is not yet final, and Lenovo is making sure it doesn’t get stuck with any of IBM’s headaches until the ink is dry. Thus Lenovo’s position that the strike is an “internal matter for IBM.”
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Lenovo: IBM Strike's Not Our Problem
Posted by: David Vranicar March 11, 2014 03:03 PMChinese PC maker Lenovo is washing its hands of a wildcat strike at an IBM factory in Shenzhen, China. In January, Lenovo purchased one of IBM’s server businesses, and the striking workers — more than 1,000 of them — are among those who will be absorbed by Lenovo. The $2.3 billion deal is not yet final, and Lenovo is making sure it doesn’t get stuck with any of IBM’s headaches until the ink is dry. Thus Lenovo’s position that the strike is an “internal matter for IBM.”