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In 2010, up to 185 of SMRT's
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deported some 29 strikers to China. The remaining strikers were warned but allowed to continue working in
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On 27 November, between 88 and 112 Chinese SMRT drivers took part in the strike, some of whom had showed up for work the day before. Representatives from SMRT, the
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refused to begin their morning shifts. They were subsequently joined by a few of their colleagues who worked in the afternoon. A total of 171 SMRT bus drivers, all of whom were from China, failed to turn up for work on 26 November. Riot police arrived at the
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surmised that the strike happened because the workers and their employers "did not work closely enough". He Jun Ling also urged more SMRT bus drivers to become union members; at the time of the strike, only one out of ten SMRT bus drivers had joined the
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