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China’s workers take to the international stage
The third World Congress of the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) trade union took place in Bangkok earlier this month. And for first time ever, nine Chinese workers joined the meeting to share their fighting spirit with hundreds of colleagues from around the world.
24 December 2013
Shaanxi proposes relief fund for workers with pneumoconiosis
The northern province of Shaanxi plans to set up a special fund that will provide workers suffering from the deadly lung disease, pneumoconiosis, with much needed medical and economic aid, the Workers’ Daily reported on 27 December.
27 December 2013
Chinese media uncovers another case of child labour trafficking in Shenzhen
A Hong Kong-owned electronics company in Shenzhen employed more than 70 underage workers, forcing them to work 12 hours every day for a fixed monthly salary of just 2,000 yuan, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported on 27 December. Photo by CLB.
30 December 2013
Police launch criminal investigation into Foshan pneumoconiosis case
More than two years after a group of workers filed a ground-breaking criminal lawsuit against their former employer for failing to protect their health, the Chancheng police department in Foshan have initiated a criminal investigation into a “major workplace safety incident” at Haoxin Hardware Jewellery Co. Ltd.
31 December 2013
Bustle: Sexual harassment of female workers in China's manufacturing industry is rampant
A Chinese labor group has conducted a study of 134 women revealing just how much sexual harassment female workers in China face on the job. Guangzhou, the hub of China’s manufacturing industry, is where most of China’s garment, textile, shoe, and accessory factories are located. Women are frequently far less represented than men in positions of management, but far more represented on the factory line.
02 January 2014
CNN: Factory life far from home leaves China's migrant workers vulnerable
In a brightly-lit Shenzhen restaurant, 21-year-old Zheng Liqiang, a migrant worker from the inland province of Sichuan, describes his life in this southern Chinese city as "bu kai xin" -- glum.
02 January 2014
Time for real action to combat child labour in China
Whenever the Chinese media exposes a case of child labour, a fairly predictable pattern unfolds: commentators express surprise and outrage, government officials promise to investigate, the children are “rescued” and sent back home. Then the story is forgotten about – until the next exposé, when the whole process starts again.
06 January 2014
Bloomberg: China wages seen jumping in 2014 amid shift to services
China's wages are set to increase by 10 percent or more in 2014, driving more low-cost manufacturers out of the country and boosting consumption, according to analysts at firms including Bank of America Corp.
07 January 2014
Quartz: It’s strike season in China, and this year it could be a doozy
In Zhengzhou on Jan. 2, hundreds of migrant workers knelt for hours at the construction site to beg their boss to pay them months or even years of back wages. In Wenzhou on Dec. 23, a large crowd of workers from a bankrupt shoe factory swarmed the city, asking the local government to help them get unpaid salaries. In Lanzhou on Jan. 3, six workers climbed to the roof of a nine story building and threatened to jump unless they got 240,000 yuan (about $40,000) owed to them.
08 January 2014