Teachers across China face wages in arrears after the effects of new rules regulating tutoring companies

The central province of Henan has been a key locus of worker activism and collective protests in China over the last year, with construction and transport workers taking the lead.

Tech giant Alibaba vowed to change its sexual harassment policies after a woman employee published online her account of being raped by her manager on a business trip, leading to a massive backlash against the company on social media.

Despite the surge in Covid-19 cases, garment factories are still operating and forcing workers to continue production as usual without complying with the pandemic guidelines Covid 19 guidelines agreed between brands, trade unions and suppliers.

Following last month’s strikes and protests by food delivery workers in mainland China, drivers in Hong Kong staged a protest outside the company headquarters of Foodpanda on 15 July.

Three bodies have been recovered but 11 workers remain trapped five days after water flooded into a highway tunnel under construction in the southern city of Zhuhai on 15 July.

The Chongqing government has quietly revoked a discriminatory hiring requirement for teachers following a public outcry. However, the local trade union, whose responsibility it is to protect teachers’ rights, was nowhere to be seen.

A 17-year-old vocational school student reportedly leapt to his death from a Shenzhen factory dormitory on 25 June after being forced to work under grueling conditions as part of a mandatory “internship.”