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Straits Times: Chinese shoemakers scaling up value chain
No longer low-cost and determined not to be low-end, Chinese manufacturers such as Quanzhou Dexin Shoes have been stepping up their game as surging labour expenses crimp their profits.
30 April 2014
SCMP: In China, labour activism is waking up
Geoffrey Crothall says the rise in the number of strikes and employee protests across China is one consequence of a changing workforce, and both the official trade union and businesses must adapt
01 May 2014
In China, labour activism is waking up
CLB's Communications Director, Geoffrey Crothall says the rise in the number of strikes and employee protests across China is one consequence of a changing workforce, and both the official trade union and businesses must adapt
01 May 2014
Lawyer for detained labour activist calls on police to handle case in “intelligent” manner
Shenzhen labour activist, Lin Dong, who was arrested on 22 April after advising striking workers at the Yue Yuen shoe factory in Dongguan, is being held under a 30-day detention order at the Dongguan Municipal Detention Centre on suspicion of “picking quarrels and creating trouble” (寻衅滋事).
01 May 2014
Waging Nonviolence: A striking pose — labor resistance explodes in China
As if in anticipation of May Day, one of the largest episodes of labor resistance in decades unfurled in Southern China like a great red carpet of contention throughout the month of April.
02 May 2014
La Vanguardia: Los trabajadores chinos, cada vez más conscientes de sus derechos laborales
China, país de régimen comunista, no celebra la fiesta del trabajo con marchas en sus calles, pero sus trabajadores comienzan a ser más conscientes de sus derechos laborales y están más dispuestos a rebelarse para reclamarlos.
02 May 2014
New York Times: Plying Social Media, Chinese Workers Grow Bolder in Exerting Clout
The call to action, carried by social media to thousands of smartphones across this bleak factory town, roused the workers from their jobs making Nike and Adidas sneakers.
05 May 2014
Strikes by China’s transport workers increase as incomes decline
Strikes and protests by transport workers in China, primarily taxi and bus drivers, are on the rise as incomes fall and pressure from management increases. In the first four months of this year, CLB recorded 69 transport strikes on our Strike Map, a 28 percent increase compared with the same period in 2013.
05 May 2014
Calling the union to account: One woman’s decade of labour activism
Han Dongfang talks to Xu Ziqi, a worker activist who is single-handedly doing the job of the union in monitoring her employer’s legal compliance and safeguarding employee rights.
07 May 2014
Financial Times: China labour activism: crossing the line
An increase in worker militancy is prompting Beijing to look at ways to deal with a threat to investment
08 May 2014