In this episode, William Nee and Geoff Crothall discuss the controversy surrounding Apple's report on its suppliers and other issues related to corporate and social responsibility.  Also, Geoff talks about his recent trip to Guangdong to assess China's so-called "labour famine".  We also mention a joint op-ed by 13 mainland newspapers to reform the hukou system.

Also, we encourage our listeners to check out Radio Labour and Shanghai Scrap (and apologies for the mispronunciation!)

In this episode, William Nee and Geoffrey Crothall discuss recent protests in Suzhou, the "labour famine", rising wages, the "ant tribe" and the difficulty in securing justice for community teachers. 

Also, check out Radio Labour! 

In this episode, William Nee and Geoffrey Crothall talk about a recent Liaowang article that might give hints as to what labour developments we can expect to see in 2010.  We discuss a massive protest in Suzhou (available at Youtube, in Chinese). 

Also, we hope listeners will check out China Labor News Translation's most recent article on "citizen agents", and the newly-launched "Solidarity News".  
 

William Nee and Geoff Crothall discuss a sexual harassment case in Guangzhou, an American company that is threatening to pull out some of its business operations from Shenzhen due to unpaid wages, and a sharp increase in labour disputes in Beijing.  (Music by Dick Gaughan).

In this podcast, we take a look at some of the recent coal mining disasters (here, here, and here), and we look at how coal mining safety can be improved.

In this podcast, William Nee and Geoff Crothall discuss a teachers strike in Chengdu, a breakthrough in anti-HBV discrimination legal work, and the ACFTU's recent moves to strengthen enterprise unions in SOEs.

In this episode, William Nee and Geoffrey Crothall discuss how the Chongqing government has blamed last year's massive taxi strikes on a lone gangster, Dongguan's crackdown on grassroots labour advocates, and the "settling of accounts" in Tonghua case.  

In this podcast, William Nee discusses the government's announcement that it plans to end obligatory HBV health checks for workers and students, and William and Aris Chan talk about the status of Cantonese in Shenzhen among the children of migrant workers. 

Also mentioned in this podcast is the first successful litigation of HBV employment discrimination in China, and HBV discrimination at Beijing University. 

William Nee and Geoff Crothall discuss how authorities in Sichuan are giving dying coal miner Xiao Huazhong a Kafka-esque run around, a survey of sex workers in Wuhan, and Cai Chongguo's vision for addressing ethnic tension in Xinjiang. (2 October 2009).

"Workers' Song" by Dick Gaughan.

  

In this episode, William Nee and Geoffrey Crothall discuss Zhang Haichao’s heroic struggle to win compensation in his pneumoconiosis case, how the city of Shaoguan is doing after recent ethnic riots, and LeBron’s recent trip to China. (Music by Dick Gaughan).