Of the 1,701 incidents recorded on CLB’s Strike Map in 2018, 1,246 occurred in domestic private enterprises. Evidence enough that labour unrest in China is very much a domestic problem, and one that requires a domestic solution.
Read more...Why the Jasic dispute matters: This year and in the years to come
The Jasic dispute was just one of thousands of labour disputes in China to erupt this year. What made it noteworthy was the workers’ understanding of the broader economic and social context in which the dispute occurred and, in particular, the role of the trade union.
Read more...工会改革观察与促进 第二期（2018年9月）
本期，我们从中国劳工通讯的 中国工人集体行动地图 中选取了江苏省。2018年9月，江苏省录得11起工人集体行动事件。我们成功拨通了其中8个事件所在地总工会。
Read more...Shenzhen offers Hunan workers pneumoconiosis compensation deal
After a decade-long campaign for justice, a group of migrant workers from Leiyang, Hunan, have finally secured a commitment from the Shenzhen government to provide long-term economic compensation for the deadly lung disease, pneumoconiosis.
Read more...China’s hotel and catering workers need strong trade union support too
While thousands of Marriot employees in cities across the United States made international headlines with their just-concluded strike over low pay and hazardous working conditions, China’s hotel and catering workers have also been staging widespread strikes and protests but with no union support.
Read more...Jasic crackdown extends to trade union officials and lawyers
Instead of addressing the legitimate demands of workers to establish a trade union, the government continues to suppress the Jasic workers and their supporters, thereby creating more and more problems for itself.
Read more...Guangzhou factory workers seek support from the trade union: The union lets them down
When workers at Hong Kong-owned Tongrong Electronics in Guangzhou asked the local trade union to support their legitimate demands for social insurance contributions in arrears, officials were reluctant to intervene and even tried to mislead workers after the company admitted violating labour law.
Read more...Explosion near chemical plant kills at least 22
An explosion outside a chemical factory in the northern city of Zhangjaikou has killed at least 22 people and injured another 22, Chinese media reported today.
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