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Walmart workers in China remain resolute and defiant
Walmart workers in two Chinese cities are fighting back against the world’s largest retailer after losing their jobs.
24 April 2014
The Economist: Danger zone
A huge strike in southern China shows that migrant workers are starting to demand more than just higher wages
25 April 2014
Financial Times: Chinese factory told to reimburse striking workers
A local government in China has determined that the world’s largest manufacturer of sports shoes which supplies Adidas and Nike should reimburse striking workers for underpaying their pension contributions over many years.
25 April 2014
Reuters: China labor activist freed, says will still help strikers
A Chinese labor activist has been freed after being detained for more than two days by security agents who he says tried to convince him not to make contact with workers involved in China's biggest strike in years.
25 April 2014
A welcome first step towards zero tolerance of attacks on hospital staff in China
Chinese authorities criminalize verbal and physical attacks on healthcare workers in a bid to stem the tide of hospital violence but new rules need to be vigorously enforced.
25 April 2014
Pressure from the local authorities forces many Yue Yuen strikers back to work
Many strikers at the Yue Yuen shoe factory complex in Dongguan to have returned to work after the company made several concessions and the local authorities increased pressure on the workers to accept the deal on the table.
25 April 2014
Nineteen-year-old activist plays key role in Shenzhen bus strike
Wedged between a smelly dump site and a busy port where ships sound their horns 24 hours a day is the workers’ dormitory of the Shenzhen East bus company. This has been home to 19-year-old Natalie (pseudonym) since she moved here from her hometown in Henan a year and a half ago.
28 April 2014
AFP: Huge China strike peters out as workers cite intimidation
Tens of thousands of employees at a Chinese factory making shoes for Nike, Adidas and others returned to work on Monday after one of the country's biggest recent strikes ended, following what campaigners called typical government intimidation.
28 April 2014
Le Monde: Wal-Mart aux prises avec les syndicats chinois
Ce qui paraîtrait évident ailleurs, mais improbable en Chine, s'est pourtant produit : au magasin Wal-Mart de Changde (Hunan, centre), le représentant syndical a pris la défense des travailleurs.
10 April 2014
Want an internship at a Chinese bank? Your parents must have at least half a million yuan in their account
Everybody knows that students with well-connected parents stand a much better chance of getting a sought-after internship than those from less advantaged households. But while most companies will not openly advertise such discriminatory practices, many banks in China not only publicly announce their policy, they have clear guidelines on just how well-connected the parents have to be.
30 April 2014