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The Guardian: Chinese women protest at gynaecology checks for civil service jobs
It was a modest protest: about 10 university students in winter coats, waving placards near a government office in the central Chinese city Wuhan. Yet the reason for the demonstration was shocking. The students were protesting against a requirement that women applying for civil service jobs must undergo invasive gynaecological examinations.
29 November 2012
Jewellery worker determined to fight on after nearly four years in the courts
Xiong Gaolin is one of the lucky ones: a victim of occupational disease in China who has actually received reasonable compensation. However, it took him nearly four years to get that money and there are still issues left unresolved. Xiong could have just accepted part-payment but, like many other workers with occupational illness in China, he is determined to fight on until justice is finally done.
29 November 2012
SCMP: Civil society can help China modernise
While people tend to roll their eyes when they hear a new catchphrase being unveiled by the upper echelons of the Communist Party, it is worth thinking about what the "new modernisations" might mean for the growing role of civil society in China.
02 December 2012
The limits to sufferance: Singapore cracks down on striking migrant workers
Strikes by bus drivers are a regular occurrence in China, with drivers in one city or another suspending services in protests at pay and working conditions just about every week: Not so in Singapore where there has not been a strike of any description since the 1960s. Not until last week, that is, when nearly 200 Chinese bus drivers went out on strike over unequal pay.Photograph of Serangoon Gardens dormitory courtesy of Stephanie Chok.
03 December 2012
Police detain five in Tianjin for use of forced labour
The official Chinese media reported this week that police in Tianjin had detained five people suspected of abducting people with mental disabilities and forcing them to work in a car wash in the city. The 11 workers received no salary for several months, were fed on scraps from the bosses’ table, and were beaten and burned with cigarettes if they tried to escape or contact relatives, the Beijing News reported on 3 December.
04 December 2012
Wage arrears cases continue to dominate worker protests in November
Despite some signs of an economic upturn in China, the vast majority of worker protests continue to be over wage arrears and compensation for factory relocations. CLB noted at least 118 protests and strikes in November. Photograph of construction workers by Orion Lee available at flickr.com under a creative commons licence.
05 December 2012
AP: Guangdong factory fire kills 14
Suspect Liu Shuangyun tells TV station he started blaze at clothing factory because he was angry about unpaid wages
05 December 2012
Protecting workers’ representatives
As collective bargaining begins to gain traction in China, the need to support workers who are willing to stand up and represent their colleagues is increasingly apparent. By Photografiti.
07 December 2012
Protecting workers' representatives: A key issue in the development of collective bargaining in China
As collective bargaining begins to gain traction in China, the need to support and protect those workers who are willing to stand up and represent their colleagues in face-to-face negotiations with management has become increasingly apparent.
07 December 2012
SCMP: US push to bring factories home unlikely to hit China, experts say
China will dominate manufacturing even if some US firms take high-end work back onshore
10 December 2012