A 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 ArticleIn China, there is no firefighters’ trade union and it shows
The lack of a trade union in China that is dedicated to the protection of firefighters has led to an under-staffed, poorly-trained and poorly paid workforce that has now suffered what is probably the...
View ArticleWhat the local trade union did in the wake of the Tianjin disaster
The Tianjin union officials have been busy providing victims of the disaster with “psychological consultations” and carrying out search and rescue missions but not actually doing any union work.
View ArticleChina’s official trade union takes a holiday in dreamland
While many workers in Europe were enjoying their six weeks annual leave over the summer, the Chinese government decided it would be a good idea if China’s workers had an extended weekend. Photograph:...
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 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 ArticleChina’s proposed taxi reforms seen as lacking any substance
After more than a year of protests by cab drivers across China against unfair competition from drivers using ride-hailing apps, the Transport Ministry in Beijing has issued a directive on reform of the...
View ArticleWalmart workers in China push for genuine trade union elections
Walmart workers in Shenzhen are stepping up their efforts to hold the company’s first-ever democratic trade union election, nine years after Walmart first agreed to allow trade unions in its China stores.
View ArticleSuntory brewery workers in China force their trade union to take a stand
Workers at least three breweries in eastern China owned by Suntory Holdings went on strike last week after the company announced it was pulling out of its loss-making joint-venture with China’s...
View ArticleRFA: Chinese Workers at Walmart Campaign For Higher Wages, Union Elections
An attempt by employees of Walmart in China to take charge of their labor union to negotiate collectively on behalf of workers has already run into difficulties, a Walmart employee told RFA.
View ArticleThe Diplomat: Wal-Mart Uprising: The Battle for Labor Rights in China
Wal-Mart is the latest frontier in China’s nascent labor rights movement.
View ArticleGlobal Times: Chinese activists struggle to establish independent trade unions
A butcher who wants to run for union leader at a Walmart store in Shenzhen finds himself at a disadvantage as he challenges his employer and China's unsupportive union system. While national reform of...
View ArticleLabour activists detained for doing the job of the trade union
Two prominent labour activists have been formally detained by the Guangzhou authorities for “gathering a crowd to disturb social order,” in what appears to be a coordinated crackdown on labour groups...
View ArticleThousands of taxi drivers in several major cities strike over fees, unfair...
Thousands of taxi drivers in at least 13 cities have staged strikes and protests over excessive fees and unfair competition from ride-hailing app services since the beginning of the year.
View ArticleLabour activist Zhu Xiaomei released after two months in detention
Two months after a dozen police broke into her apartment and dragged her away in front of her one-year-old daughter and teenage son, labour activist Zhu Xiaomei returned home on the evening of 1 February.
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