China Labour Bulletin Weekly Roundup No. 10 (2006-05-26)

26 May 2006
Labour News

  • Industrial Accident
Shanxi mine managers detained after 57 feared trapped in flooded mine

Nine managers of a coal mine in Shanxi province have been detained for trying to conceal the scale of a flood in the mine and the number of miners trapped underground, in what the top work safety official in China described as "the worst disaster" this year. [Read More]

  • Wages
Factory workers' wages just 68 percent of urban average, ACFTU survey says

Factory workers in China earn just 68 percent of the average wage level of all urban employees, according to a survey conducted by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) last year. [Read More]

Chinese Workers' Voices: Qitaihe Mining Bureau rushes bereaved families into compensation agreements (VII)

Han Dongfang's latest radio interview with Chinese workers.

  • Read the English transcript: [Click here]
  • Listen to the original audio file (in Putonghua): [Click here]

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