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

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.

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.”

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. 

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. 

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.