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Wall Street Journal: Workers Storm China Toy Factory

China Labour Bulletin appears in the following article. Copyright remains with the original publisher.BEIJING -- Laid-off workers from a toy factory in southern China clashed with police Tuesday night in one of a string of labor disputes that have been reported across the nation in the face of rising unemployment.

Financial Times: Shenzhen factories shed 50,000

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Responding to the global economic crisis: Government and unions put job protection first

China has pushed through a series of emergency measures to protect jobs and stabilize the economy in the wake of factory closures and mass layoffs. The ACFTU is urging employers and employees to work together. Photograph by Bert van Dijk

“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.

Employment discrimination at Nokia (China) must be rectified

An open letter from China Labour Bulletin to Jorma Ollila, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nokia Corporation, concerning Hepatitis B discrimination at a Nokia plant in China. Photograph of Nokia store in Shanghai by PierrickBlons

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

Christian Science Monitor: Unions in China still feeble, but gaining foothold

China Labour Bulletin appears in this article. Copyright remains with the original publisherMost Fortune 500 companies operating there have agreed to let workers organize, but can expect little pushback from the state-controlled groups.

“Undercover” Migrant Worker Exposes Labour Violations

A migrant worker named Huang Weimu deliberately sought employment at a Guangzhou factory well-known for not signing labour contracts so that he could expose its systematic violations of labour rights. Photograph of Migrant Construction Worker by ZoomZoom@flickr.com

Financial Times: China's Labour Pains

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Business Week: China Makes Wal-Mart Toe the Labor Line