China Labour Bulletin Weekly Roundup No. 20 (2006-08-30)

30 August 2006

Labour News

  • Multinationals

iPod maker sues two Chinese journalists over labour rights violations report

Two journalists of China Business News have been sued by a subsidiary factory of Taiwan-based Foxconn for their reports about labour rights violations in the factory in Shenzhen. The company is claiming 30 million yuan in compensation from the journalists for alleged defamation. [Read More]

  • Corruption

Shanghai labour chief expelled by NPC and under investigation over embezzling pension funds

Zhu Junyi, director of Shanghai Municipal Labour and Social Security Bureau, was expelled from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on 27 August after he was accused in an NPC notice of a "grave breach of discipline" in supervising the use of government pension funds. [Read More]

  • Workers protests

Two rural migrant workers in Nanjing detained for organising protest

Two workers in Nanjing were detained by police after allegedly illegally organising workers to protest, according to a local newspaper. [Read More]

Chinese Workers' Voices

Han Dongfang's latest radio interview with Chinese workers:

(1) Road construction projects cause accumulated debts [I]

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

(2) Working more without extra pay (I)

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

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