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Monthly Archives: May 2021

A tribute to Robin Munro

Posted: May 20 2021 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

China Labour Bulletin is deeply saddened by the passing of our former deputy director and great friend, Robin Munro.

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Factory districts and construction sites hit by tornadoes

Posted: May 18 2021 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

Two separate tornadoes killed at least 12 people and left several hundred injured on 14 May as they passed through industrial areas outside of Wuhan and the manufacturing township of Shengze, near Suzhou, state media reported.

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Excessive overtime exposes generational divide at China’s tech firms

Posted: May 14 2021 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

Overtime culture has once again stirred discussion as the public relations director of tech giant Tencent chose the occasion of National Youth Day to claim that “while we’re busy planning projects that pay homage to youth, they’re busy sleeping.”

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India’s workers devastated by deadly second wave of Covid-19

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

P.K. Anand reports on how India’s government has learned little from last year’s pandemic and lockdown measures and reveals how workers are suffering as a result. 

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Beijing official makes a big show of understanding gig workers

Posted: May 06 2021 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

An otherwise unremarkable government official, Wang Lin, has become an unexpected internet celebrity. A video featuring the middle-aged, bespectacled Wang moonlighting as a driver for food delivery giant Meituan has gone viral and reignited discussion on the pay and conditions of workers in the gig economy. 

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Government report documents migrant worker struggles in 2020

Posted: May 05 2021 Categories: News Tags: Latest News Comment: 0

China’s rural migrant worker population fell by 5.2 million last year as the Covid-19 pandemic and attendant economic slowdown led to job losses and wage stagnation. 

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