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Putting the garment industry’s promises into perspective

The final death toll at Rana Plaza was 1,127.  It was by far the worst disaster in the centuries-long history of garment industry tragedies. Yet, the response of the international garment industry and the government in Bangladesh thus far has been to promise basic safety standards and workers’ rights that should have been in place years ago.

At least 40 coal miners killed in two explosions in China over weekend

Two explosions at coal mines in southwest China over the weekend have left 40 miners dead and dozens injured, official media reported.

HazardEx: China coal mine safety improves, but fatalities still high

A coal and gas outburst killed 21 miners at a colliery in Guizhou Province, Xinhua reported, adding that 58 more had managed to get to the surface safely. Four others were missing after the March 12 incident at the Machang coal mine, which is part of Guizhou Water & Mining Group.

Time to Pay the Bill: China’s obligation to the victims of pneumoconiosis

In China Labour Bulletin’s third comprehensive report on pneumoconiosis in China, we highlight the efforts of the workers fighting for justice, the growing support they have received from the media and civil society, and the wholly inadequate response thus far of the government. Photograph of pneumoconiosis activist He Bing by CLB.

AFP: Tibet disaster shows China resource divide

A landslide that crashed down a Tibetan mountain, entombing scores of mine workers, serves as a parable on China's resources boom and its failure to benefit ethnic minorities, analysts say.

More than 80 killed in Tibet mine disaster

The Chinese authorities have confirmed that there is little chance any of the 83 workers buried during a massive mudslide at a Tibetan gold mine on 29 March will be found alive. Only 11 bodies have so far been recovered after three days of searching in inhospitable conditions, official news reports said.

Report claims coal mine deaths in China fell by one third in 2012

Citing a State Administration of Work Safety circular, a Chinese media report yesterday claimed that the death rate in China’s coal mines fell by one third in 2012 to stand at 0.374 deaths per million tons of coal production, the first time the rate had fallen below 0.5 deaths per million tons. However, China’s coal mine death rate is still more than ten times higher than the rate for developed countries of around 0.02 deaths per million tons of coal production on average.

Yunnan landslide highlights the devastation wrought by coal mining

A Yunnan villager describes how the encroachment of coal mining has all but destroyed his village and caused almost irreparable environmental damage.

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.

Workers’ hero hobbled by petty officials

One of China’s best known workers’ rights activists, Zhang Haichao, talks about the deadly occupational disease pneumoconiosis and his struggle for his rights and those of others.

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