Labour News

• National People's Congress

Lawmakers call for update of Labour Law to protect migrant workers' rights

China's Labour Law, adopted 12 years ago, should be revised to ensure the rights and benefits of more than 100 million rural migrant workers, Chinese legislators have urged. [Read More]

• Industrial Accidents

38 killed in three coal mine explosions

Thirty-eight miners were killed in three separate coal mine gas blasts in the past two days. [Read More]

• International Women's Day

The "Nine Lives" of a Chinese Woman Migrant Worker: Ms. Zhang Tells Her Story

China Labour Bulletin recently interviewed a 21-year-old woman migrant worker, Ms Zhang, who worked at nine different factory jobs in four years because she was unable to endure the poor working conditions in each of the factories. In the last of these jobs, she suffered a serious hand injury as a result of the factory owner's negligence of workplace safety. [Read More]

Chinese Workers' Voices: Retirees' collective action on pensions often meet with violent crackdown (II)
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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