Our 10 most recent articles.
Foxconn factory workers in Zhengzhou raised the alarm “amid the fire and water” [1]
Positive Covid-19 cases at the world’s largest iPhone plant in China drove management to lock 300,000 workers down under unsafe conditions
08 November 2022
Economic trouble in real estate and industrial sectors affects vulnerable workers [2]
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China’s economic troubles are revealed in China Labour Bulletin’s data on labour challenges that workers face. According to data collected in August 2022 in our Strike Map, Workers’ Calls-for-Help Map, and Workplace Accident Map, the effects are particularly acute for migrant workers in the construction sector and in the steel and coal production industries.
But first, don’t miss the content CLB has published recently:
14 September 2022
August 2022 labour news roundup: Youth unemployment at record high for fourth consecutive month [3]
In this edition: “Frictional unemployment” describes young people’s job prospects; live streamers experience labour disputes and excessive working hours; hospitals in financial crisis cannot pay wages and benefits; real estate recession leads to layoffs in steel industry; truck drivers on China’s “green passage” face challenges; workers suffer under extreme temperatures
07 September 2022
Medical workers strike over wage arrears [4]
In CLB’s analysis of July 2022 data, we find notable cases of medical workers seeking wages in arrears, concentrated in China’s north-eastern provinces
16 August 2022
July 2022 labour news roundup: Widespread heat stroke and successive pandemic waves affect China’s workers [5]
Heat stroke leads to worker deaths, injuries; Covid-19 employment discrimination persists; youth unemployment rate at all-time high; civil servants see pay cuts; government regulates transport sector to relieve burdens on truck drivers
09 August 2022
CLB Report: Waiting for Weiquan: Worker rights protection at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions [6]
CLB investigates the role and effectiveness of rights defence (维权 weiquan) departments of China’s official trade union
08 August 2022
June 2022 labour news roundup: Restaurant closures leave millions of workers without jobs [7]
Catering industry stalls under high operating costs; delivery drivers detained for violating Shanghai’s pandemic prevention regulations; construction companies transfer Covid-positive workers to unhygienic facilities; all levels of government urged to hire new graduates; physical examinations lead to insidious employment discrimination
05 July 2022
China’s truck drivers stranded amid lockdowns [8]
"You can’t earn a living. All you can do is hold out with your truck," said a truck driver surnamed Yang, of difficulties for transport workers under China's pandemic prevention measures
06 June 2022
Migrant workers and their children [9]
There are an estimated 292 million rural migrant workers in China, comprising more than one-third of the entire working population. They have been the engine of China’s spectacular economic growth over the last three decades but remain marginalized, and their children have limited access to education and healthcare.
26 May 2022
Truck drivers stranded across China are unable to earn an income, lack food and bare necessities [10]
Pandemic-related restrictions on movement and economic conditions have uniquely affected China’s truck drivers
16 May 2022