In this case study from CLB’s ongoing trade union reform and accountability program, we discuss the response of trade union and local government officials in Sichuan to a typical construction workers’ wage arrears case
Read more...Violations of women workers’ rights widespread says Guangzhou court
The courts in Guangzhou handle up to 4,000 cases involving women workers’ rights each year. They are now urging trade unions etc. to help improve rights protection on the ground.
Read more...Cracks in China’s old-age pension system begin to widen
Officially, 943 million people in China have a pension. For most people however its value is minimal and the system will need broad reform if workers born in the 1980s are going to be guaranteed retirement protection.
Read more...China sees progress in tackling child labour but problems remain
On World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June, we examine the progress made in tackling child labour in China and the problems that remain unresolved.
Read more...Labour activist Liu Shaoming marks four years in jail as crackdown continues
Liu’s arrest was the first in a sustained crackdown on civil society labour activists that continues today with an estimated 50 activists currently in some form of detention.
Read more...China’s teachers stage protests over long-standing injustices
The demonstration by more than 200 public school teachers in the southwestern county of Jianyang on 21 May was just the latest in a series of protests by teachers in China over a wide-range of issues including low pay, unequal pensions and other benefits, and wage arrears.
Read more...工会改革观察与促进第五期（2018年12月）
本期，我们从中国劳工通讯的“工人集体行动地图”中选取了湖北省。2018年12月，湖北省录得6起工人集体行动事件。此外，2019年1月湖北省鄂州市有1起工人事件。我们成功拨通了其中5个事件所在地总工会。
Read more...工会改革观察与促进 第五期 湖北省（第5/5个案例）
2019年1月29日，湖北省鄂州市，中建三局拖欠工资，湖北建筑木工讨薪
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