The Nation: Cabbies Are Driving the Opposition to China’s Ridesharing Revolution
Taxi drivers are striking back to defend their right to a fair living.
View ArticleA thorn in the side of Walmart: Wang Shishu goes to court again
Three years to the day after he was first sacked by Walmart for organizing workers to take a stand against low wages and an ineffective trade union, labour activist Wang Shishu was back in arbitration...
View ArticleNew York Times: China Turned to Risky Devaluation as Export Machine Stalled
Across China, millions of workers and thousands of companies are feeling the pain of the country’s slowing economy, as sales slip and incomes drop.
View ArticleChina’s e-commerce workers protest over wage arrears, contracts
Championed by the Chinese government as the “bright spot” in the future of the economy, China’s e-commerce sector has recently been hit by labour unrest, with three protests in just one week last month.
View ArticlePressure builds on Walmart in Shenzhen as trade union activists fight back
Sacked Walmart workers in Shenzhen are joining forces to put pressure on the world’s largest retailer to curtail its harassment of labour activists and genuine trade unionists.
View ArticleFoxconn sacks Shenzhen workers for protest over social insurance payments
Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, has dismissed 16 workers at its massive Longhua facility in Shenzhen for staging a protest over the alleged non-payment of social insurance...
View ArticleHong Kong Free Press: Foxconn fires workers in Shenzhen after labour rights...
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn has sacked 16 workers in one of its factories in southern China after the workers protested over social benefits, according to NGO China Labor Bulletin.
View ArticleSacked labour activist continues to push for workers’ trade unions
Zhu Xiaomei has used her own struggle and experience in standing up to her employer to help drive China’s workers’ movement forward and emerge as one of most dynamic labour activists in the Pearl River...
View ArticleWall Street Journal: China’s Workers Stumble as Factories Stall
As factories run out of money and construction projects idle, China sees a rise in unrest
View ArticleNew York Times: Smaller Overseas Entrepreneurs Find China Too Frustrating
At a time of slowing economic growth, Beijing has sought to assure foreign companies that China is a welcoming place to do business.
View ArticleWage arrears protests erupt at Wanda Plazas across China
There have been at least 19 protests in the last three months alone over unpaid wages at construction projects run by China’s largest property developer, Wanda Commercial Properties, according to...
View ArticleLegal action by sanitation workers in Hunan forces government to improve...
Lawsuits filed by sanitation workers in the central province of Hunan have reportedly forced the provincial government to issue a directive calling on administrative and trade union officials to step...
View ArticleWorkers speak out in support of detained labour activists in Guangdong
A group of labour activists held in detention for more than a month have been subjected to a vicious smear campaign in China’s state-run media. Many workers have now spoken out in their defence and...
View ArticleYinchuan bus fire allegedly set by labour contractor owed wages in arrears
The chief suspect in the arson attack on a bus in the north-western city of Yinchuan on 5 January is reportedly a 34-year-old labour contractor named Ma Yongping who was owed 336,000 yuan for plumbing...
View ArticleStrikes and protests by China’s workers soar to record heights in 2015
The number of strikes and worker protests in China escalated dramatically towards the end of 2015 as the economy continued to stutter, with manufacturing, construction and mining all seeing a massive...
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