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DanWatch: Millions in Danish tax money can end up supporting harsh exploitation of Chinese workers
The purchasing consortium of the Danish state and municipalities, National Procurement Ltd. Denmark (SKI), administering millions in tax money, has a range of ethical demands in their contracts. But it is not always they are respected.
13 November 2013
Bringing the boss to the bargaining table
14 November 2013The making of a labour activist
During his 18 years working in the moulding industry in Guangdong, Guan Dongwei never really thought of himself as labour activist. “I used to care little about things other than my income and the welfare of my family,” he said.
14 November 2013
Open Democracy: Now is the time to invest in China’s nascent rights groups
Even as China grows in wealth, it has yet to fully develop a culture of philanthropy – one that is free and clear of government influence and able to effect real change in human rights. Large donors and Western organizations would do well to pay attention.
15 November 2013
Pioneering civil rights lawyer dies aged 49
Zhang Yuanxin, the well-known and respected lawyer who was at the forefront of the campaign to end discrimination against people with HBV, the virus that causes Hepatitis B, died in a Beijing hospital on 7 November 2013 after succumbing to liver failure. He was 49.
18 November 2013
Moving forward: Workers discuss strategies for the future
Workers and labour activists in Guangzhou discuss the importance of maintaining solidarity, what to do after a successful strike or protest and how to keep the workers’ movement going forward.
20 November 2013
Thousands of workers continue protest at Nokia factory in Dongguan
Nearly 3,000 workers at the Nokia factory in Dongguan, southern Guangdong, have initiated a series of rolling strikes and sit-ins in protest at a strict management regime that has already forced more than a hundred workers to leave the company. Banner reads: "Abolish the changes to the Handbook. Sign new labour contracts."
22 November 2013
Oil pipeline explosion in Qingdao kills at least 55
At least 55 people were killed and another 136 hospitalized, many with serious injuries, after a massive explosion in an underground oil pipeline ripped through the eastern port city of Qingdao on 22 November, local authorities have confirmed.
23 November 2013
Reuters: Chinese Nokia workers pledge to continue strike
Striking workers at a Nokia factory in southern China on Friday threatened to extend industrial action after the company terminated the contracts of 59 employees for failing to return to work.
23 November 2013
ASM workers in Shenzhen get 20 percent pay increase after 22 day strike
A 22-day strike by nearly 5,000 workers at the Shenzhen factory run by Dutch semiconductor giant ASM ended last week with an agreement to increase wages and subsidies by 20 percent. Photo of ASM strike from Sina Weibo.
26 November 2013