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Strike at automotive plant reportedly halts restructuring plans
A three day strike by several thousand workers at an automotive plant in the south-eastern province of Jiangxi has reportedly forced the provincial government to intervene and suspend plans to restructure the company.
16 January 2012
China’s police go after runaway bosses
With the traditional Lunar New Year holiday approaching, police across China have launched high-profile campaigns to crackdown on the malicious non-payment wages (恶意拖欠). An amendment to China’s Criminal Law early last year, which criminalized the non-payment of wages, has allowed police to detain factory bosses and labour contractors who flee owing large numbers of workers hundreds of thousands of yuan in unpaid wages.
17 January 2012
Bloomberg: Apple Opens Partners’ Doors to Labor Group, Lists Suppliers
Apple Inc. agreed to let outside monitors into factories of partners, such as Foxconn Technology Group, and listed suppliers for the first time to counter criticism about conditions of workers making its gadgets.
17 January 2012
AFP: China's city dwellers overtake rural population
China said the number of people living in cities exceeded the rural population for the first time, a historic shift that experts said would put a strain on society and the environment. The change marks a turning point for China, which for centuries was a mainly agrarian nation but has witnessed a huge population shift to cities over the past three decades as people seek to benefit from rapid economic growth.
18 January 2012
Why should workers have to pay their own legal fees even when they win their lawsuit?
All too often workers are denied redress for violations of their labour rights by the high cost of legal fees. Jason Law offers a solution. Photograph by attack the darkness @flickr.com
18 January 2012
Local Party boss investigated for corruption after Yunnan coal mine disaster kills 43
The former Party boss of Shizong county in the south western province of Yunnan is being investigated for alleged corruption following the death of 43 miners in a massive gas explosion on 10 November 2011, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
18 January 2012
APM Marketplace: How China is feeling the euro debt crisis
With such a shoddy economy, Europeans aren't buying as many Chinese goods. And China today said its industrial output slowed -- again. Marketplace's Rob Schmitz reports from Shanghai now, regular and overtime pay is down for thousands of factory workers. And street protests are up.
10 December 2011
The development of collective bargaining in China – two case studies
In November 2011, there was a significant upsurge in strikes and protests by workers across China. These well-organized collective protests showed not only the determination of workers to stand up for their rights and push for better pay and conditions, but also a willingness to resolve their complaints and grievances through face-to-face negotiations with managements.
26 January 2012
The Economist: Unrest in China - A dangerous year
IN AN industrial zone near Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in south-west China, a sign colourfully proclaims the sprawl of factories to be a “delightful, harmonious and happy district”. Angry steelworkers must have winced as they marched past the slogan in their thousands in early January, demanding higher wages. Their three-day strike was unusually large for an enterprise owned by the central government. But, as China’s economy begins to grow more sedately, more such unrest is looming.
27 January 2012
On two collective cases, shifting legal fees, and Apple
In this podcast, William and Geoff discuss two new collective cases, how shifting legal fees to negligent employers may help workers, and problems at Apple.
27 January 2012