China will mark May Day this year with around 50 labour activists in some form of detention. CLB reiterates its call for the release of all activists and an end to the crackdown.
Read more...Court cases show labour disputes concentrated in domestic private enterprises
Official statistics released by a Shanghai court have confirmed that labour disputes tend to be overwhelmingly concentrated in domestically-owned private enterprises.
Read more...Workers at recycling tech start-up stage protests over wage arrears
More than 1,000 workers employed at waste recycling company Little Yellow Dog have staged numerous protests in at least four major cities over the last week demanding the payment of wages in arrears.
Read more...Ten more workers die during routine maintenance work in China
Ten maintenance workers were killed and 12 rescue workers were injured during an accident at a pharmaceutical factory in the eastern province of Shandong on 15 April.
Read more...Local trade union officials express desire to support workers but acknowledge limitations
In the second English-language case study from CLB’s trade union reform and accountability program, we look at how trade union officials in Liyang, southern Jiangsu, responded to a dispute at a local factory where workers were owed six month’s wages.
Read more...Express delivery workers protest as industry hits speed bump
There have been at least six protests by express delivery company employees in the last two weeks over a wide-range of issues including lay-offs, wage arrears, social insurance and equal pay for equal work.
Read more...Another deadly explosion in Jiangsu claims at least seven lives
Just ten days after the massive explosion at a chemical plant in Jiangsu that killed at least 78 people, another explosion at a factory in the same province has killed seven people and injured another five, one critically.
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