Labour News

• Multinationals

Government orders iPod maker to set up official trade union

A Taiwanese-owned supplier of Apple Computer Inc.'s popular music players iPods has been ordered by the Chinese government to allow its more than 200,000 workers to set up an official trade union, according to reports. [Read More]

• Feature

Woman migrant worker dies from overwork at Guangzhou factory

A female migrant worker from Chongqing died in a toy factory in Guangzhou after reportedly working non-stop for 21 hours. More than forty fellow workers in the factory who also came from Chongqing staged a strike to protest against the factory's original refusal to pay any compensation to the victim's family. The factory management finally agreed to pay the victims' family 52,000 yuan in compensation. [Read More]

Chinese Workers' Voices

Han Dongfang's latest radio interview with Chinese workers: Fitness club owes 100 employees salaries (I)

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