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Sharp increase in wage arrears leads to spike in worker protests in October
A sharp increase in the number of wage arrears cases saw the total number of collective worker protests recorded by China Labour Bulletin reach 49 in October, the highest monthly total since CLB launched the strike map in January 2011. Photograph of construction workers by Orion Lee available at flickr.com under a creative commons licence.
06 November 2012
New York Times: China’s Workers Unite
IN April of this year, a group of Chinese workers, frustrated and angry at their employer’s long-standing refusal to pay their pension contributions, stormed into their manager’s office and demanded payment. The manager prevaricated and made empty promises. When he realized the workers were not going away, he called the police and had the ringleaders arrested for imprisoning him in his office.
09 November 2012
When workers’ actions speak louder than words
A collective protest by workers at an auto parts factory in Guangdong at being forced to work an additional 20 minutes each day to make up for their rest period, brought almost immediate success after a year of polite but fruitless negotiations.
09 November 2012
China’s Workers Unite
China Labour Bulletin Director Han Dongfang contributed the following commentary on the positive momentum of the Chinese workers movement to the International Herald Tribune as part of its coverage of the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing. Photograph of striking factory workers in Guangzhou.
09 November 2012
The Guardian: Robots in demand in China as labour costs climb
Higher wages due to growing affluence and the one-child policy prompts move towards use of robots to fill the lower-paid jobs left behind
14 November 2012
Postal worker denied compensation because government official wanted to save face
Harbin postal worker, Chen Huai’en tells Han Dongfang how an official's desire to save face resulted in the blocking of his state disability benefits. Photograph by Lara Warman @ flickr.com
16 November 2012
New York Times: Powerful Backer for China’s New Manhattan
China is full of big bets that the country’s breakneck economic growth will continue apace, but few are bigger than the vast Yujiapu financial district here.
20 November 2012
Tackling employment discrimination in China
Discrimination in the workplace is endemic and widely tolerated in China. Legal protection for workers has improved over the last decade but for both job seekers and existing employees, discrimination based on gender, age, health and social status etc. is still a day-to-day reality and a major impediment to employment equality.
21 November 2012
The Guardian: China denies removing man over deaths of five homeless children
The man who revealed the deaths of five homeless children in a bin this week, sparking soul-searching across China, has been taken away by officials, his supporters have said. The boys, who were found dead in the south-western province of Guizhou, were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently after lighting charcoal in an attempt to stay warm overnight.
25 November 2012
At least 39 dead in two southwest China coal mine disasters
A gas explosion at a coal mine in the south-western province of Guizhou has killed 22 miners, with one still in a critical condition. The explosion at the Xiangshui mine in the coal-rich district of Liupanshui occurred on the morning of 24 November and instantly killed 18 of the 28 miners underground at the time.
26 November 2012