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Monthly Archives: July 2019

Worker protests on the rise as China’s car industry shrinks

Posted: Jul 30 2019 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

There have been at least three collective protests by workers in China’s troubled automotive industry in the last week, related primarily to mass layoffs, wage arrears and unpaid compensation.

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Two major accidents at chemical plants in China this week leave at least 17 dead

Posted: Jul 25 2019 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

In the second major accident in China’s chemical industry this week, two people died after a fire broke out yesterday at the Huludao Tianqi Shengye Chemical plant in the north-eastern province of Liaoning.

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Rural doctors and teachers take action over chronic underfunding

Posted: Jul 24 2019 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

Community doctors and teachers in China’s poor rural counties have been pushed to the limit and are now taking collective action to defend their rights.

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Employer let off the hook in Chengdu sexual harassment case

Posted: Jul 17 2019 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

A court in the southwestern city of Chengdu has ordered a well-known civil society figure to formally apologise, within 15 days of its judgment, for sexually harassing one of his junior colleagues in 2015.

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Wuhan’s good trade union official struggles to be heard

Posted: Jul 16 2019 Categories: News Tags: Trade Union Reform and Accountability Comment: 0

In this case study from CLB’s trade union reform and accountability program, we meet one of the few trade union officials in the construction industry who is willing to get his hands dirty and help workers resolve the issues most important to them.

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Coal mine accidents on the rise during China’s Work Safety Month

Posted: Jul 11 2019 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

China’s coal mine safety record has come under fire from the official media after 30 miners died and 21 were injured in June, China’s National Work Safety Month.

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The shifting patterns of labour protests in China present a challenge to the union

Posted: Jul 09 2019 Categories: News Tags: Worker Activism and Collective Bargaining Comment: 0

Large-scale factory worker protests are being replaced by small-scale, spontaneous actions in the construction, transport and service industries.

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Decent healthcare still a distant dream for most workers in China

Posted: Jul 04 2019 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

More than 95 percent of China’s population are covered by a state medical insurance plan. However, only a small proportion have access to high quality healthcare.

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