Catering industry stalls under high operating costs; delivery drivers detained for violating Shanghai’s pandemic prevention regulations; construction companies transfer Covid-positive workers to unhygienic facilities; all levels of government urged to hire new graduates; physical examinations lead to insidious employment discrimination
Read more...Pandemic prevention measures lead to variety of worker protests
China’s white-clad pandemic “volunteers” protest unpaid wages, poor working conditions
Read more...May 2022 labour news roundup: Shanghai resumes production
Shanghai resumes production; SHEIN business model creates e-commerce competition affecting workers’ livelihoods; several workers at manufacturing conglomerate BYD commit suicide in Changsha; Meituan introduces workplace safety measures for delivery drivers; migrant and youth unemployment rates rise; and the Vocational Education Law gets a revision.
Read more...Truck drivers stranded across China are unable to earn an income, lack food and bare necessities
Pandemic-related restrictions on movement and economic conditions have uniquely affected China’s truck drivers
Read more...April 2022 labour news roundup: truck drivers trapped by pandemic prevention
In this edition: Shanghai under the Omicron wave; internet companies lay off workers; how companies are dodging labour laws; unpaid wages for China’s football teams
Read more...Shanghai’s frontline workers document their struggles online under lockdown
CLB’s Workers’ Calls-for-Help Map has logged numerous examples of frontline workers’ rights being violated all while they work to support the lockdown
Read more...Coal mines hastily restart production to manage energy crisis, leading to deadly accidents
Administrative penalties not sufficient to save the lives of 22 workers in Guizhou province
Read more...March 2022 labour news roundup: China’s workers in the Covid-19 wave
In this edition: Workers in the pandemic, tech layoffs, parcel delivery rate cuts, food delivery workers’ rewards and punishments, age limits in construction industry, overtime culture, vocational student intern deaths, and a rise in teacher qualification applications
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