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A discussion on CLB's newest report: Hired on Sufferance: China's Migrant Workers in Singapore
In this episode, William and Geoff re-cap some of the main points from CLB's newest research report: Hired on Sufferance: China's Migrant Workers in Singapore.
16 February 2011
Singapore Straits Times: Plight of the migrant worker
While China has been the world's factory for some years now , it is also fast becoming a big exporter of cheap labour. By 2009, there were almost 800,000 Chinese workers in more than 190 countries
21 February 2011
SCMP: Singapore exploits labourers from China, report says
The 200,000 migrants from China working in Singapore suffer abuse, discrimination and violations of their rights but few can obtain legal redress because they are under the control of their employers, according to a report by the China Labour Bulletin.
18 February 2011
The Irrawaddy: Migrants' Stories Shed Light on Singapore's Dark Side
Foreign workers in Singapore—some 200,000 of them Chinese migrants, work long hours for low pay in frequently hazardous conditions and are often abused by employers and labor contractors, according to a new research report published by the China Labour Bulletin, a Hong Kong-based NGO.
18 February 2011
Public Radio International: In China, no news of Egypt protests
The protests in Egypt made big headlines around the world. But not in China, where censors didn't want news of the revolution on state TV.
16 February 2011
Survey finds young migrants still earn around half the salary of urban workers
Despite recent increases in the minimum wage, the nearly 100 million young migrants who drive China’s factories are still earning around half the income of urban residents, according to an extensive survey by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. The survey of 1,000 enterprises, published on 21 February, found that migrant workers under 30 years of age earned 1,748 yuan per month on average, compared with the 3,047 yuan per month earned by urban residents.
21 February 2011
Chinese government and media highlight HBV employment discrimination
The Ministry of Health and China’s premier media organizations have all condemned the testing of prospective employees for the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), after HBV activists disclosed that 61 percent of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) still conducted such tests in contravention of government regulations. Moreover, the survey of 180 SOEs by the Beijing Yirenping Centre showed that more than a third of those enterprises would refuse or be reluctant to hire people with HBV.
14 February 2011
Injured coal miner struggles for compensation
A Henan coal miner severely injured in an accident two years ago is now dependent on financial aid from friends and relatives because the mine and local government refuse to provide proper compensation.
24 February 2011
SCMP Letters: Singapore's laws protect foreign workers
In response to an SCMP article on CLB's research report on Chinese migrant workers in Singapore. The Singapore consul general in Hong Kong, Ker Sin Tze, wrote to the newspaper on 24 February.
25 February 2011
Guangdong raises minimum wage as inflation hurts workers
China’s manufacturing powerhouse, Guangdong, will raise its legal minimum wage again tomorrow, 1 March, in a bid to offset rising food prices and address the serious labour shortage that has affected the province for more than a year.
28 February 2011