Labour News

• Coal Mine Accidents

Two managers of Chenjiashan Coal Mine jailed for negligence; more deaths in recent coal mine accidents

Two coal mine bosses were sentenced to prison for negligence causing an accident that killed 166 miners in Shaanxi province two years ago. [Read More]

At least 77 miners killed in three coal mine accidents

Gas explosions in three coal mines have killed at least 77 miners, raising more concerns about increasing coal mine accidents as winter comes. [Read More]

• Social Security Funds

State auditors find 7.1 billion yuan misappropriated in social security funds

The National Audit Office has found that 7.1 billion yuan of China's 2 trillion yuan in social security funds had been misappropriated. [Read More]

• Women migrant workers

Half of women migrant workers are in irregular employment

Half of female migrant workers in China are in irregular employment and only about 20 per cent have medical insurance, according to a survey report recently released by the All-China Women's Federation. [Read More]

Chinese Workers' Voices
Han Dongfang's latest radio interview with Chinese workers: State-owned enterprise reform: Who gain? Who lose? (I)

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• Listen to the original audio file (in Putonghua): [Click here]

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