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LA Times: China's women begin to confront blatant workplace bias
Chinese women tired of men-only wanted ads and workplace abuses push regulators and courts to act. A recent case ends with a historic win.
03 March 2014
Strike at IBM factory in Shenzhen enters its third day
More than 1,000 workers at the IBM ISTC factory in Shenzhen have been out on strike since 3 March 2014 in protest at the company’s unilateral lump sum severance package prior to the business being taken over by Chinese technology company Lenovo.
06 March 2014
New York Times: Chinese Workers at IBM Factory on Strike Amid Company Sale
More than 1,000 workers have gone on strike this week at an IBM factory in southeastern China in the latest sign of labor activism as companies’ acute shortage of blue-collar workers makes employees increasingly willing to take to the streets.
07 March 2014
Pepsi workers across China go out on strike with trade union support
Workers at several Pepsi factories across China went on strike 5 March 2014 in a protest against management’s plans for large-scale layoffs, pay cuts, and reduced benefits. Workers displayed banners around the factories stating “No to illegal layoffs! We demand jobs! We need to live! We have a family to feed!”
07 March 2014
Wall Street Journal: IBM-Lenovo Deal Sparks Strike in Southern China
Workers Protest Employment Terms as Chinese Purchases Server Business
09 March 2014
China’s construction workers left behind
Six years after the implementation of the Labour Contract Law, the vast majority of China’s 40 million construction workers still do not have a contract with their employer. Photograph by escalepade available @flickr.com
09 March 2014
Reuters: IBM factory strike shows shifting China labor landscape
A wildcat strike at an IBM factory in southern China illustrates how tectonic shifts under way in the country's labor market are emboldening workers to take matters into their own hands, raising risks for multinationals.
09 March 2014
Workers stand firm as IBM strike enters ninth day
The strike by more than 1,000 workers at the IBM factory entered its ninth day Tuesday as staff continued in their now familiar 8:30am to 9:30pm routine – gathering in an organized formation and marching through the company compound, playing gongs and drums and chanting: “IBM is sweatshop, IBM show respect, IBM give me my youth back!”
11 March 2014
CNN: Women still face great wall of discrimination in China
When Zhou Yuxia, 24, returned to Beijing after studying in the United States, she had real trouble securing a job. She had the right qualifications for the positions she was looking for -- she just wasn't a man.
12 March 2014
Voices from the frontline: The growing problem of violence in China’s hospitals
Following the vicious attack on a 28-year-old nurse at a Nanjing hospital last month, healthcare workers in that city discuss what needs to be done.
12 March 2014