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Financial Times: Chinese factories act to keep staff in saddle in Year of the Horse
As China prepared to usher in the Year of the Horse, Crystal Group, a garment manufacturer that produces clothes for retailers such as Abercrombie & Fitch and Mothercare, added a new task to its holiday “to do” list.
04 February 2014
Al Jazeera: Meltdown: A global tsunami
On September 17, 2008, the world's financial system went into cardiac arrest. The failure of Lehman Brothers, the biggest bankruptcy in US history, sent financial markets into a tailspin.
04 February 2014
Severely injured steel worker forced to wait four years for compensation
Yu Jianhong was badly injured in 2006 but only got compensation when the local government closed the steel mill down in 2010.
06 February 2014
Police in Dongguan target sex workers in massive face-saving operation
Police in Dongguan arrested 67 people yesterday, just a few hours after national broadcaster China Central Television exposed the extent of the sex industry in the city and the lack of any police efforts to control it.
10 February 2014
The World Post: In China, Democracy Must Begin on the Factory Floor
CLB Director Han Dongfang discusses the rise of the workers movement in China and the challenges ahead for the Party and government.
12 February 2014
Dismissed Nokia workers seek reinstatement through arbitration
On 10 and 11 February 2014, 70 sacked Nokia workers had their demands for reinstatement heard at an arbitration hearing in Dongguan. They were sacked in November after thousands of workers protested in the wake of Microsoft's planned takeover of Nokia's mobile phone business.
14 February 2014
Trial of labour activist Wu Guijun eventually gets underway in Shenzhen
The long-awaited trial of Shenzhen worker activist Wu Guijun descended into farce yesterday when the hearing was first cancelled by the Bao’an District Court because the prosecutor failed to show up and then reopened for just one hour in the late afternoon. Photo of Wu Guijun's supporters waiting for the hearing to begin.
18 February 2014
Striking ship workers in Shandong get police escort to government headquarters
About 600 workers at South Korean-owned ship builder Weihai Sanjin staged a Valentine’s Day protest through the streets of Weihai in Shandong demanding the payment of wage and pension arrears.
19 February 2014
China increases subsistence allowances but rural poor still only get 111 yuan per month
The Ministry of Civil Affairs proudly announced on 19 February that it had allocated 174 billion yuan in subsistence allowances and other benefits to more than 79 million of China’s poorest residents during the course of last year.
19 February 2014
Searching for the Union: The workers’ movement in China 2011-13
China’s workers have emerged over the last few years as a strong, unified and increasingly active collective force. Workers have time and again demonstrated the will and the ability to stand up to abusive and arrogant managements and to demand better pay and working conditions.
20 February 2014