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Foxconn reportedly makes its managers promise not to stir up trouble
Following two rooftop protests by workers this year at its Wuhan subsidiary, Foxconn has drafted an agreement (承诺书) under which its management staff promise not to instigate, organize or participate in any disruptive activities, the Boxun news network reported. The agreement also prevents staff from releasing any unauthorised information about the company or doing anything to harm its reputation. Any infraction of the rules will result in punishment, it said.
17 May 2012
Voice of America: China Seeks to Assure Workers of Stability
he Chinese government is seeking to reassure workers of their rights, a move activists say highlights Beijing's concern that possible labor unrest could cause disruptions to social stability.
18 May 2012
The beginnings of workers’ culture on Weibo
Sun Heng, a migrant worker turned singer, prefers to call himself a “new worker” rather than a migrant worker. Together with his troupe, the New Worker Arts Group, Sun has been performing for more than ten years, staging over 500 free shows at construction sites and factories across the country. Now, with the rapid development of easily accessible and versatile microblogs in China, Sun has found an even larger audience.
21 May 2012
Officials refuse to sanction work-related injury case because victim did not die
A street cleaner from the north-eastern city of Harbin suffered a stroke while at work but was denied work-related injury status because she did not die. Local authorities claimed that China’s Work-related Injury Insurance Regulations only recognised cases in which victims died within 48 hours of the onset of sudden illness at work.
23 May 2012
Labour activist scheduled for release after serving 11 year prison term
Well-known democracy campaigner and workers’ rights activist Hu Mingjun is to be released from prison on 28 May after serving an 11 year prison term for “subversion of state power,” Human Rights in China reported today. He is believed to be in very poor health.
25 May 2012
Some thoughts on the outlook for Chinese factories in 2012
Back in 2008 when the financial crisis first struck Asia, the Pearl River Delta witnessed a wave of factory closures. Today, China’s economic rebalancing has again raised concerns over the ability of Chinese factories to survive and prosper. In order to get a more comprehensive perspective on this issue, CLB talked to workers, industrial insiders, economists and government officials about their views.
25 May 2012
Shenzhen trade union promises more direct elections
Direct elections at enterprise trade unions will become increasingly commonplace in Shenzhen, the deputy head of the city’s trade union federation predicted following the highly publicised election of a new trade union chairman at the Ohms electronics factory in Shenzhen this weekend. Photograph of Shenzhen factory workers by Remko Tanis available @ flcikr under a creative commons license.
28 May 2012
Reuters: Apple assembly plant conditions still harsh in China-activists
Working conditions at Foxconn's gargantuan Chinese factories that assemble Apple Inc's slick gadgets have barely improved despite pledges this year to halt labor violations, workers' rights activists and employees said on Thursday.
04 June 2012
Stirrings of democracy at a Shenzhen factory
Workers at the Ohms electronics factory in Shenzhen got their first taste of democracy on 27 May when they voted for their own trade union chairman. The workers had demanded their own representative trade union during a strike at the factory two months earlier and their success left them exuberant but also uncertain about what the future might hold.
05 June 2012
Veteran labour activist dies in suspicious circumstances - Family demand answers
Li Wangyang, a veteran labour activist who was only released from a ten year prison term last year, was found dead, hanging from a window in his hospital room, on 6 June; his family told the media yesterday.
07 June 2012