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.
Read more...Anti-discrimination activists detained for two months in widening crackdown
Prominent anti-discrimination activist Cheng Yuan, and his two colleagues, Liu Dazhi and Wu Gejianxiong, have been held incommunicado at the Hunan Provincial State Security Department Detention Centre in Changsha for two months now.
Read more...China pushes state-owned enterprises to boost pension fund
As China’s pension crisis looms larger, the central government in Beijing is increasing its pressure on state-owned enterprises to transfer ten percent of their equity to the national social security fund.
Read more...China’s minor league football players take collective action over wage arrears
There have been at least six collective protests so far this year by professional footballers in China who are owed millions of yuan in back pay.
Read more...Enterprise trade union in Nanning powerless to prevent factory closure
In this case study from China Labour Bulletin’s ongoing trade union reform and accountability program (工会改革观察与促进), we talk with a district trade union veteran frustrated with the inability of enterprise unions to stand up for their workers.
Read more...China’s unemployment rate jumps in July as graduates enter the job market
China’s urban unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points last month to stand at 5.3 percent at the end of July.
Read more...Sanitation worker protests escalate in China over the summer
There have been at least eight strikes and protests by sanitation workers in cities across China since 1 May this year, accounting for ten percent of all service sector incidents recorded on CLB’s Strike Map.
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