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Foxconn accused of refusing employment to woman because of tuberculosis infection
A job applicant is suing a Chongqing subsidiary of Taiwanese electronics giant, Foxconn, after the company allegedly rescinded an offer of employment in its purchasing department when a medical test indicated the applicant had a tuberculosis infection. The Legal Daily said it is believed to be China’s first case of employment discrimination based on tuberculosis.
13 October 2011
Strike action shows the broad range of worker dissatisfaction across China
Protests have erupted over the last week in a wide range of industries and locations across China, indicating that worker unrest is far from confined to just the manufacturing heartland of the Pearl River Delta.
05 December 2011
Toronto Star: Chinese workers have a world role
Just like China’s massive foreign debt holdings, China’s workers’ movement is an economic reality that is now too big to ignore. What China’s 800 million workers want and what they get will impact not only on the cost of consumer products in the West but on the development of the market for international products and services in China. It could also, in the long run, affect the development of workers’ rights globally.
14 October 2011
Former miners sue county health department over occupational disease
In a bid to gain compensation and highlight the workplace health and safety obligations of local governments, a group of 75 former miners and their families from remote villages in Sichuan have filed an administrative lawsuit against a local county health department for dereliction of duty.
14 October 2011
On CLB's most recent research report Unity is Strength: The Workers' movement in China 2009-2011
In this podcast, Geoffrey Crothall and William Nee discuss CLB's report on the state of the workers' movement, a legal case in which 75 Sichuan miners sued the government, and Han Dongfang's recent op-ed.
17 October 2011
A sister’s search for the truth about her brother’s death at a Xinjiang coal mine
After her brother’s death at a coal mine in Xinjiang was covered up, a young migrant worker, Wang Huiping, embarked on a decade-long quest for justice, which eventually resulted in a court awarding her family 150,000 yuan in compensation.
18 October 2011
Shenzhen Securities Exchange accused of age discrimination
The Shenzhen Securities Exchange is under fire from an anti-discrimination group in the city after it posted a recruitment advertisement for management, legal, accounting and computing professionals that stipulated applicants should be under 28-years-old.
21 October 2011
Strike at Citizen Watch factory finally ends after agreement is reached
An eleven day strike at the Citizen Watch factory in Shenzhen has basically come to an end after an agreement was reached between the Japanese watch maker and the local government on 28 October, a worker at the factory told CLB.
28 October 2011
TechEye: Pegatron boosts automation to ease losses
Pegatron, worried about higher worker costs and suffering sales, has announced it will be increasing automation at its plants. Taiwan-based design manufacturer Pegatron announced net losses of $29.8 million after its shipments of notebooks, netbooks and tablets dropped this year. It is expected that such shipments will decrease 10-15 percent in the fourth quarter, while motherboards and desktops will drop by 15-20 percent.
31 October 2011
Lanzhou railway deaths highlight two fundamental issues facing construction workers in China
For well over a decade now, construction workers have had to contend with two major life- and livelihood-threatening issues – work safety and wage arrears. One incident in western China over the weekend put both these problems into sharp perspective.
31 October 2011