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The Nation: Can China’s Workers Get Their Government to Follow Its Own Labor Laws?
There are two parallel paths to justice that activists in China are pursuing right now: one in the streets, and one in the courts, and on both, workers are blazing a fresh trail of labor militancy.
17 April 2014
AFP: Thousands of workers strike at China shoe factory
Tens of thousands of workers were on strike Wednesday at a factory in southern China which makes shoes for Nike and Adidas, rights groups and a worker said.
17 April 2014
Teachers strike in rural Henan enters tenth day
Around 1,000 teachers from Wuyang county in rural Henan have been on strike since 8 April in a dispute over low pay and wage arrears.
17 April 2014
Thousands of bus company workers strike in Shenzhen
Thousands of workers at Shenzhen East Public Transport Co. staged a mass protest outside the district government on 20 April, demanding a more transparent wage calculation system, overtime payments in arrears, fewer working days, and the abolition of a penalty scheme that forced drivers to pay for any vehicle damage caused by accidents or face dismissal.
22 April 2014
CCTV China 24: Labour unrest in China
China state television's flagship English-language news program China 24 reported on the on going strike at the Yue Yuan shoe factory in Dongguan and the recent increase in worker activism across China.
22 April 2014
Marketplace: Morning Report
21 April 2014
The USA, Marketplace's Morning Report featured an interview with CLB's Communications Director Geoffrey Crothall on the strike at Yue Yuen Industrial in Dongguan and discused what had changed in China to prompt such assertiveness amongst workers and why the company's compromse offer had not yet been accepted.
22 April 2014
New York Times: Workers Strike at Shoe Factory Over Benefits Dispute
Tens of thousands of workers at one of the world’s largest shoe manufacturers are continuing a strike in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan in a dispute over benefits.
18 April 2014
Reuters: China shoe factory strike shows welfare Achilles' heel
Zhou Hujun, one of thousands of shoe factory workers on strike in southern China, drove his motorbike to the local government's Social Security Department seeking answers. After a few minutes, he left clutching spreadsheets that just raised more questions.
18 April 2014
The Guardian: Strike spreads at Chinese supplier to Adidas and Nike
A strike at a Chinese factory that manufactures shoes for Adidas and Nike has spread to a sister factory in a neighbouring province, as thousands of workers gathered to protest against what they said were unfair pay and benefits.
23 April 2014
Financial Times: China sports shoe factory halts production as strike escalates
The world’s largest sports shoe manufacturer, which supplies Nike and Adidas, has been forced to halt production at a huge Chinese factory after thousands of workers continued to protest yesterday over pay and benefits.
23 April 2014