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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

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

Founder of Independent Trade Union Released from Prison

Hu Shigen (胡石根), one of China’s foremost labour rights and pro-democracy activists, has finally been freed from prison after serving 16 years of a 20-year sentence for attempting to form an independent trade union and political party in the early 1990s. He was released from Beijing No. 2 Prison on 26 August 2008.

From Shanxi to Dongguan, slave labour is still in business

One year after the Shanxi brickyard slave labour scandal, many reportedly freed slaves have not yet returned home, others are forced to beg for a living, officials who failed in their duty of care are still on the job, and the slave traffickers and slave factories are still in business.

Washington Post: China's Offer To Resume Rights Talks Is Discounted

China Labour Bulletin appears in this article. Copyright remains with the original publisher Abuses Continue Despite Assurances Linked to Olympics, Critics Testify

AFP: China's army of migrant workers stranded in winter freeze

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

Yao Fuxin and Xiao Yunliang - Court Verdict

Intermediate People’s Court of Liaoyang Municipality, Liaoning Province Criminal Verdict

Chronology

A List of Imprisoned Labour Rights Activists in China

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)

Rural youth crime rate increasing alarmingly

Rural youth left behind when their parents move to the cities in search of employment as well as those who migrate to urban areas with their parents are primarily responsible for a significant incr . . .

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