Labour News

• Coal mine accidents

19 miners killed and 28 others trapped after coal mine blast

Nineteen miners were killed and 28 others were trapped after a coal mine explosion in Shanxi Province. [Read More [2]]

29 miners killed in coal explosion in Gansu

Twenty-nine miners were killed and 19 others injured in a coal mine blast in Gansu Province. [Read More [3]]

• Labour lawsuits

Cadmium battery workers compensation trial begins

A total of 146 workers from two Hong Kong-invested battery factories in Huizhou who were found with excessive cadmium in their body had their case heard in court on 3 November. [Read More [4]]

• Industrial accident

One worker dead, 20,000 evacuated in ammonia gas leak

An ammonia gas leak at a chemical fertilizer factory in central China killed one worker, injured six people and forced the evacuation of about 20,000 residents. [Read More [5]]

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