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Migrant workers hit hardest by job losses in 2020

Posted: Jan 19 2021 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

China boasted a robust economic recovery following the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, but official statistics confirm that rural migrant workers, who make up more than one-third of the working population, suffered severe job losses and saw incomes stagnate.

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China trumpets new coal mine safety achievements in 2020

Posted: Jan 13 2021 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

One month after 23 workers died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Chongqing coal mine, China’s State Administration of Coal Mine Safety announced that 2020 had been one of the safest years on record for the industry, with no “exceptionally serious” accidents.

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Employee deaths put China’s tech sector under further scrutiny

Posted: Jan 11 2021 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

An engineer employed at e-commerce platform Pinduoduo reportedly jumped to his death on Saturday, 9 January, after unexpectedly returning home on leave. It was the second sudden death of a Pinduoduo employee in ten days, highlighting the extreme pressure faced by workers in China’s ultra-competitive tech sector.

 

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Temporary workers stage mass protests at electronics factories in China and India

Posted: Dec 22 2020 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

Thousands of temporary workers staged a mass protest outside the Pegatron factory in Shanghai on 19 December after managers at the Taiwan-owned electronics company ordered them to relocate to another facility in Kunshan.

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Minimum wage increases stall under the impact of Covid-19 pandemic

Posted: Dec 16 2020 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

For the first time in over a decade, none of China’s provinces and regions announced a minimum wage increase this year, and several regions implemented an official minimum wage freeze.

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Coal mine equipment salvage operation ends in 23 deaths

Posted: Dec 07 2020 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

Twenty-three workers died of carbon monoxide poisoning on Friday, 4 December, after being sent into a disused coal mine in Chongqing to salvage old mining equipment. 

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Coal mining city suspends production after second accident in 40 days

Posted: Dec 03 2020 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

All coal mines in the southern city of Leiyang have suspended production after 13 miners were trapped in a flooded mine shaft at the Yuanjiangshan Coal Mine on 29 November. 

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Singles Day reveals harsh reality of China’s express delivery industry

Posted: Nov 30 2020 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

This year’s Singles Day shopping bonanza on 11 November has once again exposed the appalling conditions delivery workers labour under in order to meet consumer demand. Moreover, there are reports that working conditions are actually getting worse as the industry develops. 

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