Low pay, poor working conditions and abusive managers are well documented at many Chinese-owned enterprises in Vietnam, as are the strikes and protests staged by workers in response. Joe Buckley examines several recent such protests and suggests that these problems are not just confined to Chinese enterprises but are found across Vietnam, regardless of enterprise ownership.
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Most trade union officials in Shandong understood that they had a responsibility to organize delivery workers but seemed unable to shake off their traditional shackles and find a way to cut through the red tape.
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The tragic death of an elderly sanitation worker in Guangzhou highlights once again the urgent work China’s trade unions need to do in organizing, improving pay and working conditions, and countering exploitative management practices.
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Read more...How Guangdong missed the chance for genuine workplace collective bargaining
In the five years since the Guangdong collective contract regulations went into effect, there have been 1,279 collective worker protests in the province, accounting for 12.7 percent of all the incidents recorded on China Labour Bulletin’s Strike Map.
Read more...Veteran labour activist Meng Han released from detention
Veteran labour activist Meng Han returned home on 7 October (his 55th birthday) after spending 38 days in detention in Guangzhou on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”
Read more...I Swallowed an Iron Moon: The enduring legacy of worker poet Xu Lizhi
Xu Lizhi died five years ago today. He left behind a remarkable body of work that chronicles not only his own frustrations and unhappiness but those of millions of other workers across China.
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