Striking cleaners return to work

Having been promised they will be paid the two months arrears in salary they are owed, more than 40 cleaning staff in Jian Wai SOHO in Chaoyang district restarted work on Wednesday after a two-day strike.

"They haven't paid us any salary for two months," said Yang Na, a cleaner who has worked at Jian Wai SOHO since March. "My monthly pay is 1,000 yuan and now I have no money to live on."

"Starting Tuesday night, we were cleaning the building from noon to 10 pm because they promised to pay our salary for the last two months before Friday. If they don't, we will strike again or complain to the higher authorities," she said.