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China Labour Bulletin has produced an extensive series of Chinese [1] and English language research reports that provide an in-depth analysis of some of the key labour rights issues in China today, and offer a series of recommendations designed to resolve the most pressing problems.  Several older reports have executive summaries in French, German and Italian.
 

English Language Reports

The Workers' Movement in China

A series of reports tracking the development and characteristics of China's workers' movement since 2000, as well as specific incidents during in the reform of state-owned enterprises.
  • NEW! Reimagining Workers' Rights in China [2]
  • China’s Walmart workers: Creating an opportunity for genuine trade unionism [3]
  • Over-worked and under-paid: The long-running battle of China’s teachers for decent work [4]
  • The Workers’ Movement in China: 2015-2017 [5]
  • Searching for the Union:The Workers’ Movement in China 2011-13 [6]
  • A Decade of Change: The Workers’ Movement in China 2000-2010 [7]
  • Unity is Strength: The Workers' Movement in China 2009-2011 [8]
  • Going it Alone: The Workers’ Movement in China (2007-2008) [9]
  • Speaking Out: The Workers’ Movement in China, 2005-2006 [10]
  • No Way Out: Worker Activism in China’s State-Owned Enterprise Reforms [11]
  • The Liaoyang Workers’ Struggle: Portrait of a Movement [12]

Migrant, Student and Overseas Workers etc.

In-depth reports examining the issues affecting China's migrant workers and their families: getting a decent wage, hazardous working conditions and the social and employment discrimination they face in the cities and overseas.

  • Throwaway Labour: The exploitation of Chinese "trainees" in Japan [13]
  • Hired on Sufferance: China’s migrant workers in Singapore [14]
  • The Mass Production of Labour: The exploitation of students in China’s vocational school system [15]
  • Paying the Price for Economic Development: The Children of Migrant Workers in China [16]
  • Small Hands: A Survey Report on Child Labour in China [17]
  • Falling Through the Floor: Migrant Women Workers' Quest for Decent Work in Dongguan, China [18]

Health and Safety

A series of investigations into one of the most critical issues faced by workers in China today, high rates of work-related accidents and deaths, and the tremendous difficulties workers encounter in claiming compensation for occupational disease.

  • Time to Pay the Bill: China’s obligation to the victims of pneumoconiosis [19]
  • The Hard Road: Seeking justice for victims of pneumoconiosis in China [20]
  • Help or Hindrance to Workers: China's Institutions of Public Redress [21]
  • Bone and Blood: The Price of Coal in China [22]
  • Deadly Dust: The Silicosis Epidemic among Guangdong Jewellery Workers [23]

Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining

Research report on collective bargaining efforts in the Global South. 

  • NEW! A Union at the Frontline of Collective Bargaining in India [24]

Research reports and commentaries that examine the attempts of the Chinese government and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) to manage labour relations in China.

  • NEW! Waiting for Weiquan: Worker rights protection at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions [25]
  • Holding China’s trade unions to account: An in-depth investigation into the All-China Federation of Trade Union’s reform initiative [26]
  • Understanding and resolving the fundamental problems in China’s construction industry [27]
  • Swimming against the Tide: A short history of labour conflict in China and the government’s attempts to control it [28]
  • Protecting Workers’ Rights or Serving the Party: The way forward for China’s trade unions [29]
  • Breaking the Impasse: Promoting Worker Involvement in the Collective Bargaining and Contracts Process [30]

Foreign Language Executive Summaries

French

  • Vers la négociation collective en Chine ?  Le cas de l’entreprise Yue Yuen [31]
  • En quête d’une organisation syndicale: Les mouvements de travailleurs en Chine  (2011-2013) [32]
  • Nager à contre courant: Une courte histoire des conflits au travail en Chine et les tentatives du gouvernement de les contrôler [33]
  • Payer le Prix du Développement Économique: Les Enfants de travailleurs migrants en Chine [34]
  • Un chemin tortueux: A la recherche d’une justice pour les victimes de pneumoconiose [35]
  • Y Arriver Tout Seul: Le Mouvement des Travailleurs en Chine (2007-2008) [36]
  • Protéger les Ouvriers ou Servir le Parti: Le futur des syndicats chinois [37]
  • A feu et à sang: le prix du charbon en Chine [38]
  • Les Petites Mains: Une étude sur le travail juvénile et la faillite du système scolaire dans la Chine rurale [39]
  • Poussière Mortelle: L’épidémie de silicose parmi les ouvriers de l’industrie joaillière au Guangdong et les défauts du système de prévention et de dédommagement des maladies professionnelles [40]

German 

  • Den Preis des Wirtschaftsbooms zu Bezahlen: Die Kinder der chinesischen Wanderarbeiter [41]
  • ​Es alleine Schaffen: Die Arbeiterbewegung in China (2007-2008) [42]
  • Die Arbeiter Schützen oder der Partei dienen: Die Zukunft der chinesischen Gewerkschaften [43]
  • Blut und Knochen: der Kohlenpreis in China [44]
  • Kleine Hände: Eine Untersuchung zur Kinderarbeit und zum Scheitern des Schulsystems im ländlichen China [45]
  • Überarbeitet und unterbezahlt Der langandauernde Kampf der Lehrkräfte Chinas für gute Arbeitsbedingungen [46]

Italian

  • Un decennio di cambiamento: Il movimento degli operai in Cina 2000-2012 [47]
  • Nuotare contro corrente: Breve storia dei conflitti al lavoro in Cina e dei successivi tentativi el governo per controllarli [48]
  • Costretti a Pagare il Prezzo dello Svillupo Economico: I Figli dei Lavoratori Migranti in Cina [49]
  • Una strada difficile da percorrere: Giustizia per le vittime di pneumoconiosi in Cina [50]
  • Farcela da soli: Il Movimento dei Lavoratori in Cina (2007-2008) [51]
  • Proteggere gli Operai o Servire il Partito [52]
  • Sangue ed Ossa: il Prezzo del Carbone in Cina [53]
  • Piccole mani: Un’ indagine sul lavoro minorile e il fallimento del sistema scolastico nella Cina rurale [54]
  • Polvere Mortale: L’epidemia di silicosi tra gli operai dell’industria delle gemme in Guangdong e le mancanze/insufficienze del sistema di prevenzione e di risarcimento in caso di malattia professionale [55]

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Links
[1] https://clb.org.hk/zh-hans/content/%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E6%8A%A5%E5%91%8A [2] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/CLB_Reimagining_Workers_Rights_in_China_March_2022.pdf [3] http://www.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/Walmart%20report%20Final.pdf [4] http://www.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/Teachers%20final.pdf [5] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/Workers%20Movement%202015-17%20full%20text.pdf [6] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/File/research_reports/searching%20for%20the%20union%201.pdf [7] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/File/research_reports/Decade%20of%20the%20Workers%20Movement%20final_0.pdf [8] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/unity_is_strength_web.pdf [9] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/workers_movement_07-08_print_final.pdf [10] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/File/research_reports/Worker_Movement_Report_final.pdf [11] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/File/research_reports/no_way_out.pdf [12] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Liaoyang_report.pdf [13] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Throwaway_Labour.pdf [14] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Hired_on_Sufferance_ebook.pdf [15] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/general/vocational_school_system.pdf [16] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Children_of_Migrant_Workers.pdf [17] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/general/Child_labour_report_1.pdf [18] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/File/research_reports/Women_Workers_Report.pdf [19] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/File/research_reports/Time%20to%20Pay%20the%20Bill.pdf [20] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Hard_Road.pdf [21] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Help_or_Hindrance.pdf [22] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/File/bone_and_blood.pdf [23] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/File/research_reports/Deadly_Dust_Dec2005.pdf [24] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/CLB_Report_A_Union_at_the_Frontline_of_Collective_Bargaining_in_India_May2022.pdf [25] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/CLB_Waiting_For_Weiquan_ACFTU_Report_August2022.pdf [26] https://clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/Trade%20Union%20Report%20Final.pdf [27] https://clb.org.hk/content/understanding-and-resolving-fundamental-problems-china%E2%80%99s-construction-industry [28] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/File/research_reports/Labour%20Conflict%20Report%20final.pdf [29] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/acftu_report.pdf [30] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/File/research_reports/collective_contract_report_final.pdf [31] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/Image/research_report/Vers%20la%20n%C3%A9gociation%20collective%20en%20Chine.pdf [32] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/Image/research_report/En%20qu%C3%AAte%20d%E2%80%99une%20organisation%20syndicale.pdf [33] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Swimming_Against_the_Tide_French.pdf [34] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Paying_the_Price_for_Economic_Development_French_Final_Version.pdf [35] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/The_Hard_Road_French_Translation.pdf [36] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Going_It_Alone__French_Final_Version.pdf [37] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Protecting_Workers_Rights_French_Final_Version.pdf [38] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/BoneAndBlood_French_Final_Version.pdf [39] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Small_Hands_French_Final_Version.pdf [40] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Deadly_Dust_French_Translation.pdf [41] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Paying_the_Price_for_Economic_Development___D__DP.pdf [42] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/GoingItAlone__D__DP.pdf [43] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/ProtectingWorkersRights__D__DP.pdf [44] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/BoneAndBlood__D__DP.pdf [45] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/SmallHands__D__DP.pdf [46] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/China%20Labour%20Bulletin%20-%20Flyer.pdf [47] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/File/research_reports/decade%20of%20change%20Italian.pdf [48] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Swimming_Against_the_Tide_Italian.pdf [49] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Paying_the_Price_for_Economic_Development__I__DPJB.pdf [50] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/The_Hard_Road_Italian_Translation.pdf [51] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/GoingItAlone__I__DPJB.pdf [52] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/ProtectingWorkersRights__IT__DPJB.pdf [53] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/BoneAndBlood__IT__DPJB.pdf [54] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/SmallHands__IT__DP.pdf [55] https://dev.clb.org.hk/sites/default/files/archive/en/share/File/research_reports/Deadly_Dust_Italian_Translation.pdf