Labour News

• Minimum wage

Cities in Guangdong raise monthly minimum wage level

Several major industrial cities in Guangdong, southern China, will raise their minimum wage levels in September as officials hope that it could help solve labour shortage in the province. [Read More]

• Industrial accidents

Seven killed, three injured at fireworks workshop explosion

An explosion occurred at an illegal fireworks workshop in Hunan province on 10 July, killing seven workers and leaving three others injured. [Read More]

Two killed, three injured in explosives factory accident

An explosion at a state-run explosives factory in Anhui province on Saturday killed two workers and injured three others. Operations on the production line, where the explosion occurred, had been suspended earlier due to safety concerns, but factory managers asked the workers to return to work to meet order deadlines. [Read More]

Chinese Workers' Voices

Han Dongfang's latest radio interview with Chinese workers: County deducts benefits from Sichuan teachers' pay (III)

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

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