China Labour Bulletin realized that there is a mistake in our recent article “Breaking the Mould: Germany’s Supply Chain Act as a New Approach to Global Labour Rights Accountability”.

China Labour Bulletin released an extensive report documenting the last ten years of healthcare workers’ rights violations—Unprotected yet Unyielding: The Decade-Long Protest of China’s Healthcare Workers (2013-2023).

China Labour Bulletin has lost a great friend and colleague. Scott Greathead, a trail-blazing human rights lawyer and advocate for justice around the globe, sadly passed away on 17 August 2024 at the age of 78.

This CLB report examines critical labour rights violations within the Chinese supply chains of multinational companies, with a special focus on German firms accountable under Germany’s pioneering Supply Chain Due Diligence Act. The Act represents a groundbreaking shift in corporate responsibility, setting a new standard for global business practices by requiring companies to identify, assess, and address human rights and environmental risks within their supply chains.

A strike broke out at Qiao Feng Technology Industrial Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen, Guangdong on 17 March, 2024. Workers gathered in front of the factory gates to protest relocation, demanding legal compensation and unpaid social insurance payments. Videos and pictures on Douyin showed workers blocking a large truck. Workers sat in front of the factory and the protest extended into the next day. On the afternoon of 18 March, some workers posted on Douyin reporting that due to the government’s intervention, the factory temporarily halted the relocation. The factory management stated that they would move the machinery and equipment back, allowing workers to return to their normal work.

Typhoon Doksuri’s heavy rainfall and severe flooding put frontline workers at risk

Lower demand for teachers, food delivery riders, and factory workers; older workers face hiring discrimination

Local government praises the factory just prior to the workers’ strike, and local union conducts political sloganeering without understanding workers’ concerns