Home
  • Print
  • Forward

Bulletins

New study exposes the human cost of China's economic miracle

Thu, 09/25/2008 - 13:09 — clb
HONG KONG / MONTREAL – Sept. 24, 2008 – A large part of China's remarkable economic development has been achieved at the expense of the basic rights of millions of former state-owned enterprise workers, says a new report released today by the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin and Canada's International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, commonly known as Rights & Democracy.
 

CLB acts to help Sichuan Miner left alone to Die in Poverty

Thu, 09/11/2008 - 12:10 — clb
CLB is helping a retired miner in Sichuan with third-stage pneumoconiosis sue for work-related illness compensation after his boss, a local coal baron and parliamentarian, refused any payment. The trial began on 11 September 2008 at the Qu County People’s Court with the exchange of evidence.

A Turning Point for China's Trade Unions

Wed, 08/20/2008 - 16:22 — clb
We may have reached a crucial turning point in the history of China's trade union movement. For the first time since 1949, trade union officials are openly stating that the union should represent the workers and no one else, while new legislation in Shenzhen places collective bargaining – previously a no-go area – at the core of the union's work.

Han Dongfang's testimony to the US Congress: The Key Role of Workers in China's Legal Development

Fri, 06/20/2008 - 12:54 — clb

The nascent workers' movement in China is helping to drive the county's legislative development, CLB Director Han Dongfang told a Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing in Washington DC on 18 June.

The Key Role of Workers in China's Legal Development

Fri, 06/20/2008 - 12:17 — clb

The nascent workers' movement in China is helping to drive the county's legislative development, CLB Director Han Dongfang told a Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing in Washington DC on 18 June.

June 4: A Time for Unity, a Time for Reconciliation

Wed, 06/04/2008 - 14:59 — clb

By Han Dongfang

From Shanxi to Dongguan, slave labour is still in business

Wed, 05/21/2008 - 13:08 — clb

One year after the Shanxi brickyard slave labour scandal first broke in late May 2007, many reportedly freed slaves have not yet returned home, some of those who have returned home are forced to beg for a living, officials who failed in their duty of care are still on the job, and the slave traffickers and slave factories are still in business. 

Labour Arbitration Law welcome but systemic change, investment needed

Wed, 04/23/2008 - 11:56 — clb

A new law taking effect on 1 May has the potential to help streamline the highly frustrating administrative procedures that currently plague labour disputes in China. However, China Labour Bulletin (CLB) warns that long-term systemic reform of, and greatly increased investment in, China's institutions of public redress will be needed in order to cope with burgeoning caseloads and realize the law's full potential. 

The Price of Coal in China

Mon, 03/17/2008 - 11:59 — clb
China Labour Bulletin publishes a new report on the coal mining industry in China, which focuses on the industry's appalling safety record, the collusion between mine owners and local government officials, as well as the government's system of post-disaster management, which is systematically eroding the rights of the bereaved.
 

A challenge and an opportunity for China's official trade union

Mon, 12/31/2007 - 16:24 — clb
The implementation of the Labour Contract Law tomorrow will be both a challenge to and a tremendous opportunity for the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) to start acting as an authentic representative of and advocate for labour.
 

  Syndicate content