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Zhejiang puts more pressure on Guangdong with minimum wage increase

The statutory minimum wage in the eastern province of Zhejiang will increase by 12.2 percent on 1 January next year to reach 1,470 yuan per month in major cities such as Hangzhou, Wenzhou and Ningbo. The move will put more pressure on Guangdong, Zhejiang’s main manufacturing rival, to announce a similar increase early next year. Photograph of garment workshop in Guangdong by CLB.

Workers’ protest ushers in collective bargaining at Chinese state-owned enterprise

A protest by around 600 workers at a Shaanxi state-owned oil firm over unequal pay and the use of agency labour has resulted in what is believed to be the first case of collective bargaining in a Chinese state-owned enterprise. Photograph from 集体谈判论坛小编 @sina weibo

El Punt Avui: Esclaus del ‘boom' xinès

precarietat Les ONG alerten de les violacions dels drets laborals a la Xina declivi La crisi global pressiona i empitjora les condicions laborals.

Minimum wage increases in 2012 fail to provide workers with a living wage

Just about every time a regional government in China increased its statutory minimum wage this year it seemed to make headline news. However, even after hikes of up to 30 percent in some provinces, the minimum wage across China remains barely enough for a subsistence existence. Photo of workshop in Dongguan by CLB.

SCMP: US push to bring factories home unlikely to hit China, experts say

China will dominate manufacturing even if some US firms take high-end work back onshore

Wage arrears cases continue to dominate worker protests in November

Despite some signs of an economic upturn in China, the vast majority of worker protests continue to be over wage arrears and compensation for factory relocations. CLB noted at least 118 protests and strikes in November. Photograph of construction workers by Orion Lee available at flickr.com under a creative commons licence.

The limits to sufferance: Singapore cracks down on striking migrant workers

Strikes by bus drivers are a regular occurrence in China, with drivers in one city or another suspending services in protests at pay and working conditions just about every week: Not so in Singapore where there has not been a strike of any description since the 1960s. Not until last week, that is, when nearly 200 Chinese bus drivers went out on strike over unequal pay.Photograph of Serangoon Gardens dormitory courtesy of Stephanie Chok.

SCMP: Civil society can help China modernise

While people tend to roll their eyes when they hear a new catchphrase being unveiled by the upper echelons of the Communist Party, it is worth thinking about what the "new modernisations" might mean for the growing role of civil society in China.

New York Times: Powerful Backer for China’s New Manhattan

China is full of big bets that the country’s breakneck economic growth will continue apace, but few are bigger than the vast Yujiapu financial district here.

The Guardian: Robots in demand in China as labour costs climb

Higher wages due to growing affluence and the one-child policy prompts move towards use of robots to fill the lower-paid jobs left behind  

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