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Ford “shocked” to discover bribery in China
It is possible that Ford managers were unaware of the problem but the fact that some workers in China are paying cash for good positions at major corporations really should not come as a surprise to anyone.
09 April 2014
Worker protests in China surge after Lunar New Year
There has been a noticeable surge in the number of strikes and worker protests in China since the Lunar New Year Holiday in early February. China Labour Bulletin recorded 119 incidents on our strike map in March alone. Overall, there were 202 incidents in the first quarter of 2014, up 31 percent compared with same period last year.
10 April 2014
More than ten thousand workers stage strike at massive Dongguan shoe factory
At least 10,000 workers at shoe-making factories owned by Yue Yuen Industrial in Dongguan took to the streets Monday 14 April 2014, protesting the company’s failure to pay its 70,000 employees their full social security and housing fund contributions.
14 April 2014
Financial Times: China crackdown on labour activism bolstered by court ruling
A court in southern China has convicted 11 workers for “disrupting public order” in a closely watched test case of the government’s intolerance towards a recent surge in labour activism across the country.
15 April 2014
Reuters: China convicts hospital workers after high-profile labour protest
A Chinese court on Tuesday convicted 12 hospital security guards of "disturbing social order" after staging a labour protest last year, sentencing several to light jail terms in what was seen as a test case for labour rights in China.
15 April 2014
Several Guangzhou hospital security guards vow to appeal jail sentences
At least five of the hospital security guards sentenced by a Guangzhou court today to prison terms of up to nine months vowed to appeal their sentences. Several others are still considering their options.
15 April 2014
Vice News: The Workers Who Make Your Sneakers Are Mad As Hell
The people that make your Adidas, Nike, and Reebok sneakers have been protesting in China for the past three days over unpaid social security and housing benefits for workers.
16 April 2014
Bloomberg: Nike Shoemaker Yue Yuen Says Over 1,000 China Workers on Strike
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd. (551), a shoe supplier for Nike Inc. and Adidas AG, said more than 1,000 factory workers in a southern Chinese city went on strike today, demanding better social security payments.
16 April 2014
The making of a trade union activist
China’s Southern Weekend newspaper talks to the previously unheralded trade union chairman who stood up for his members and did battle with the world’s largest retailer, Walmart.
16 April 2014
Reuters: China's workforce: smaller, more savvy, more restive
China's workforce is growing more restive as it shrinks.The number of strikes so far this year is up by close to a third - the biggest surge in protests since the global financial crisis, according to one labour group - as businesses cut costs and foreign companies restructure or close operations in response to slowing growth in the world's second-biggest economy.
17 April 2014