In this Issue:
1. Editor's Note
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Editor's Note In this Issue:1. Editor's Note
It was reported in Xinhua on 1 September 2003 that according to their estimates, some 1.8 million workers are employed without work contracts in Zhejiang Province alone.
Notice from the Zhejiang Provincial General Trade UnionThe article below is taken from the Zhejiang Workers Daily on 6 June 2003Take more care over employees working environment - Better preparation in preventing heat stroke by reporter Wu Lingyan and trainee Zhang Ge
11 August 2003At least seven people were killed, nearly 40 injured and more than 80 trapped in a building collapse in Xiamen City, Fujian Province on 9 August 2003.According to reports, nearly 100 migrant workers were at the construction site when the building collapsed, and many were buried.
11 August 2003Some 45 migrant workers were buried after a half finished building collapsed on 9 August in Gaolin village, Heshan Township, Xiamen City, while over 40 others escaped. 38 workers were later rescued with injuries but seven have died.
TRADE UNION* STATEMENT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 5TH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO)(Cancún, 10-14 September 2003)Introduction