Compensation

Guangdong seeks to punish runaway bosses

Province needs to focus on helping workers reclaim wages in arrears. More than 60,000 labour arbitration claims have been filed in Guangdong this year, about the same number as in the previous two year’s combined. Photo by phinalanji@flickr.com

The state of the labour movement in China

CLB presents a detailed examination of the current struggle for workers’ rights in China at an international conference to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which opened in Paris on 4 December. Photo by Saad Akhtar.

“Undercover” migrant worker vows to continue fight for workers rights

China’s best know and most talked-about migrant worker, Huang Weimu, has vowed to file a civil suit against his former employer even after being awarded 12,500 yuan by the Panyu Labour Bureau. Photo of Shenzhen factory workers by Chad Ingraham.

Child workers beaten to death and raped – families denied compensation

Child workers in China are particularly vulnerable to crime and exploitation because they lack the ability to protect themselves. Moreover, when victims' families seek compensation, they are often ignored, lied to and harassed. Photo by Sonya @flickr.com

The Age: Shaft of light for China's coalminers

China Labour Bulletin appears in this article. Copyright remains with the original publisher Elise Potaka, Beijing October 4, 2008

Those Left Behind

There are 110 million migrant workers in China aged between 16 and 40 years old. They left home in the hope of building a better life for themselves and their family, yet when they start a family of their own, they are faced with a stark choice; either take their children to the cities and subject them to institutionalized discrimination, or leave them behind in the countryside in the uncert

Key Provisions of the Shenzhen Municipal Implementing Regulations for the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China

CLB has translated some of the key provisions of the Shenzhen Municipal Implementing Regulations for the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China, an important and highly significant piece of legislation examined in our commentary A Turning Point for China’s Trade Unions.

Shanxi iron ore mine disaster – a tragically familiar story

The Xiangfen mining disaster that killed at least 260 people on 8 September is a tragically familiar testimony to the inability of the Chinese government to enforce its own safety standards. Photo of strip-mine by Wolfiewolf@flickr.com

CLB Calls for the Immediate Release of Political Activist Wang Guilan

CLB condemns the sentencing of Wang Guilan to re-education through labour on the spurious and arbitrary charge of “disturbing social order” during the Olympic Games, and calls for her immediate release. Photo of the Birds Nest by DonDomingo@flicker.com

Financial Times: China's Labour Pains

China Labour Bulletin appears in this article. Copyright remains with the original publisher Tom Mitchell

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