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Chinese SMRT bus drivers protest in Singapore

  • Foreign workers walk out of their dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
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    A driver said the dispute arose because of a disparity in pay between Chinese and Malaysian bus drivers.

    Foreign workers walk out of their dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
  • Foreign workers wait for their transportation to work outside their dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
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    A driver said the dispute arose because of a disparity in pay between Chinese and Malaysian bus drivers.

    Foreign workers wait for their transportation to work outside their dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
  • A policeman (R) looks on as foreign workers enter their dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
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    A driver said the dispute arose because of a disparity in pay between Chinese and Malaysian bus drivers.

    A policeman (R) looks on as foreign workers enter their dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
  • Policemen stand by the entrance to a foreign workers dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
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    A driver said the dispute arose because of a disparity in pay between Chinese and Malaysian bus drivers.

    Policemen stand by the entrance to a foreign workers dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
  • Policemen stand by the entrance to a foreign workers' dormitory in Singapore on November 26. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state
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    A driver said the dispute arose because of a disparity in pay between Chinese and Malaysian bus drivers

    Policemen stand by the entrance to a foreign workers' dormitory in Singapore on November 26. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state
Foreign workers walk out of their dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
Foreign workers wait for their transportation to work outside their dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
A policeman (R) looks on as foreign workers enter their dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
Policemen stand by the entrance to a foreign workers dormitory in Singapore on November 26, 2012. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN
Policemen stand by the entrance to a foreign workers' dormitory in Singapore on November 26. More than 100 mainland Chinese bus drivers in Singapore refused to work in a rare case of labour mass action in the city-state

The decision of 100 mainland drivers to stop work is a rare case of mass labour action in S'pore and police officers are on guard.