In an interview in Beijing, Mr. Cao said he had replaced Mr. Burrows and Mr. Gauthier because “they didn’t do their jobs but squandered my money.” He lamented
that productivity at the plant “is not as high as we have in China,” adding that “some of the workers are just idling around.”
Athena Hou, the chief legal officer for Fuyao Glass America, called Mr. Burrows’s suit “legally meritless.” Mr. Gauthier
and Mr. Burrows did not respond to requests for comment.
Fred Strahorn, the Democratic minority leader of the Ohio House of Representatives, told the audience
that Fuyao’s operation felt like “a little bit of a hostage situation” and pledged to “show Fuyao that we do things a little bit different in Dayton, Ohio.”
In November, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Fuyao more than $225,000 for violations such as insufficient access to locks
that shut down power to a machine when workers fix or maintain it.
Culture Clash at a Chinese-Owned Plant in Ohio -
By NOAM SCHEIBER and KEITH BRADSHERJUNE 10, 2017
MORAINE, Ohio — When a giant Chinese glassmaker arrived here in 2014
and began spending what would become more than a half-billion dollars to fix up an abandoned General Motors plant, it seemed like a tale from opposite land: The Chinese are supposedly stealing American jobs — as no less an authority than President Trump has pointed out.