The workers at Kin Ki have apparently become restless. They went on strike twice in 2003, demanding higher wages and better working conditions. The company responded by raising wages a few cents and allotting an extra dish of food to each worker per day (but still no more meat)! However, Kin Ki simultaneously made " fried squid" of two workers who were ringleaders of the strike ("fried quid" is apparently a popular term for dismissal). Johnson Tao, a senior executive at the company, denies that the two ringleaders were dismissed for organizing the strikes. Rather, he noted that they were well-known troublemakers who left the factory of their own accord. Mr. Tao acknowledges the low wages at the company,stating, "I know that I need to increase wages to comply with the law. I have the intention of doing this and will raise all wages in 2004.