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China’s official trade union still fails to get the message
After 35 years of economic development, just about everyone in China accepts that something needs to change, everyone that is except the ACFTU. Photo by lille abe available @ flickr.com
02 December 2013
Doors to university entrance exam half-opened for children of migrant workers in Guangdong
Guangdong has announced that the children of migrant workers will be allowed to take the national university examination in Guangdong instead of having to return to their “home” province, But conditions apply. Photo by Remko Tanis; available at flickr.com
03 December 2013
Guangdong’s factory recruiters forced to cast their nets even wider
Major factories in Guangdong are now recruiting 40-year-olds in a bid to keep their production lines running. Service providers such as banks and telecoms companies however can still afford to stipulate ridiculous limits on age and gender in hiring new staff.
04 December 2013
Up to 70 percent of women factory workers in Guangzhou sexually harassed
Up to 70 percent of women workers in Guangzhou’s factories have been sexually harassed, a survey by a labour rights group in the city has found. The problem is so serious that 15 percent of victims felt they had no option but to leave their job to get away from their harasser. Photo by pondspider @flickr.com
06 December 2013
Injured steel factory worker fights lone battle for compensation
For many factory workers in China, a debilitating injury can mean the end of their working career but few workers get any meaningful help after their medical bills are paid off.
10 December 2013
Business Week: China's Female Factory Workers Face Widespread Sexual Harassment
For seven years, Luo Hongmei toiled in factories in China’s southern Guangdong province, experiencing firsthand the daily struggles that face millions of young female workers before deciding to join China’s fledgling labor-rights movement. As director of the Guangdong-based nonprofit Sunflower Women Workers Center, her mission is to bring attention to—and, she hopes, find solutions for—women’s workplace issues, such as unpaid maternity benefits and illegal firings for becoming pregnant.
11 December 2013
Children among the dead in Shenzhen market fire
At least 16 people, including three young children, were killed in a fire at an agricultural wholesale market in Shenzhen in the early hours of Wednesday morning. A family of six, who were sleeping at the market, reportedly lost their lives in the tragedy.
12 December 2013
Developing workers’ theatre in China
Benjamin Teare travelled extensively from Guangzhou to Beijing to Kashgar, talking to workers, artists, factory owners and trade union officials about developing workers' theatre in China..
13 December 2013
Explosion at illegally-operated Xinjiang coal mine kills 21
Twenty-one miners were killed in a gas explosion at an illegally-operated coal mine in the north-western region of Xinjiang on Friday morning, the official media has confirmed.
15 December 2013
The urgent need for a new Employment Discrimination Law in China
Four worker plaintiffs, who had previously filed ground-breaking anti-discrimination lawsuits against employers in China, have now written to the State Council recommending that China enact a dedicated Employment Discrimination Law.
18 December 2013