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Keeping the Flame Alive |
| On the 20th anniversary of the crushing of the pro-democracy movement in Beijing, CLB Director, Han Dongfang, expresses the hope that China’s current generation of civil rights defenders can realize the dreams of the Tiananmen Square protesters, but without further bloodshed. Photo by Chamarisk. | |
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Migrant workers without a labour contract go unpaid for nearly a year |
| Han Dongfang talks to a workers’ representative trying to reclaim 24,500 yuan in wage arrears for his colleagues about the refusal of the boss to pay and the reluctance of the local labour bureau to get involved in this “small matter.” | |
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The way forward for trade unions and workers in China: A new research report from CLB |
| What does the ACFTU consider its role to be: Is it a defender of workers’ rights or a servant of the Chinese Communist Party and government? A new report from CLB explores the complex identity of China’s official trade union. Photo by SJ photography | |
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Labour lawsuits double in 2008 |
| Labour related lawsuits nearly doubled last year, reflecting the sharp increase in factory closures and wage defaults, workers increased awareness of their rights and their willingness to seek redress for rights violations through the judicial system. Shen Deyong, vice-president of the Supreme People’s Court, told a Beijing press conference on 3 March that the number of labor-related lawsuits filed in 2008 jumped by 95 percent compared with 2007, the largest increase for all types of lawsuit. | |
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Trade union officials in Shaanxi seek to suppress new workers’ rights group |
| Trade union officials in the central province of Shaanxi have threatened the founders of a new workers’ rights group, saying it is a “reactionary organization” (反动组织) that could harm China’s “Harmonious Society,” Radio Free Asia reported on 29 June. More than 380 workers from some 20 enterprises in Shaanxi applied to the provincial Party committee and trade union federation to set up the Shaanxi Enterprise Union Rights Defence Representative Congress (陕西企（事）业工会维权代表大会). | |