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Migrant workers making fibreglass mannequins for the world's clothing stores are some of the highest-paid factory hands in mainland China. But do their salaries compensate for the fact their jobs could be killing them. Asks Simon Parry
In a landmark ruling on 3 January, the Dongguan Municipal People’s Court, ordered the Hong Kong-owned Vtech corporation to pay 24,000 yuan in compensation to a job applicant it had refused employment on the grounds that he carried the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV).
The following is an updated list of imprisoned labour rights activists in China jointly compiled by China Labour Bulletin and the Hong Kong Liaison Office of the international trade union movement (IHLO)
A CLB Case Intervention
Prior to China’s economic reforms of the late 1970s, the central government in Beijing exerted strict controls over the economy, all enterprises were publicly owned and managed, and all staff deployed according to the political and economic interests of the state. Enterprises were required to submit profits to the central government, and workers’ salaries were determined by the state.
China Labour Bulletin appears in the following article. Copyright remains with the original publisherFriday, December 7, 2007
CLB assisted seven groups of jewellery workers from Guangdong province to seek full and proper compensation from their former employers after they contracted silicosis – a chronic and ultimately fatal disease – because the employers had failed to install proper ventilation equipment in the workplace.
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