Wuhan steel workers arrested for protesting unfair compensation

Hundreds of workers at the state-owned Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO) gathered at company headquarters in Wuhan, Hubei on 17 October to protest low rates of compensation for layoffs. Protest actions lasted throughout the day, and several workers were arrestedby police. 
Reports late last year warned that Wuhan Steel was preparing to layoff thousands of workers, though there were no apparent signs of workers protest until October. 
Word of protest at the prominent company spread quickly among netizens, and quickly became subject to both censorship and exaggeration; one netizen was arrested for spreading footage of a riot, claiming it to be police repression of workers protesting layoffs.