Labour News

• Worker Protest

Over 700 retired kindergarten teachers protest to demand for better pensions

More than 700 former teachers of state-run kindergartens in Yunnan staged a sit-in protest in front of the provincial government building on 10 May, demanding pension payments on a par with primary and secondary school teachers and which meet the remuneration standard for civil servants. [Read More]

• Labour Lawsuits

Over 300,000 labour lawsuits filed in 2005, ACFTU survey says

The number of labour disputes and incidences of worker unrest leaped in 2005, with more than 300,000 labour dispute lawsuits filed, according to a survey recently released by the official trade union. [Read More]

• Women Workers

Coal mines in Hunan illegally employ women workers

Some 249 female workers are illegally employed in more than 70 coal mines in Lengshuijiang City in Hunan, the provincial labour authorities have found.[Read More]

• Industrial Accidents

53 coal miners killed in three separate accidents

A total of 53 miners were killed in three separate coal mine accidents last week. [Read More]

Chinese Workers' Voices: Qitaihe Mining Bureau rushes bereaved families into compensation agreements (VI)

Han Dongfang's latest radio interview with Chinese workers.

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

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