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Government Backs Landmark ILO Gig Work Convention While Continuing Crackdown on Delivery Riders 2026-07-18 [HKLRM]

UN Women and the European Union drive action for gender equality and inclusive workplaces in China 2026-07-16 [UN Women]

Holding Chinese MNCs accountable across the value chain 2026-06-03 [BWI]

State-backed Forced Labour Transfer Scheme 2026-05-30 [LinkedIn / Financial Times]

Coal Mine Explosion In China Kills Over 90 Workers With Rescue Operation Underway 2026-05-23 [10News]

At least 90 dead in Chinese coal mine explosion, state media reports 2026-05-23 [BBC]

Death toll rises to 37 in central China fireworks plant explosion 2026-05-08 [News CN]

Court rules that companies cannot replace workers with AI purely to cut costs 2026-05-02 [Instagram]

Sweatshop Claims Unresolved as Starmer Praises Pop Mart China Visit 2026-03-02 [HKLRM]

Workers at Chinese factory that produces Labubu toys are being exploited, says NGO 2026-01-18 [The Guardian]

Critical Chinese journalist detained again after campaign of harassment 2025-12-08 [IFJ]

Courts upholds seven-year sentence for journalist 2025-11-19 [IFJ]

Chinese Sweatshops Go Global: Workers Strike, Outrage Spreads 2025-11-02 [HKLRM]

£4,000 for a Life? The Human Toll of Cheap Deliveries in China 2025-08-11 [HKLRM]

Xinjiang Forced Labour Spreads Worldwide as China Unveils “Washes Cotton” Through Chicken Feed 2025-07-26 [HKLRM]

Workers movement under fire 2025-07-08 [Green Left Weekly]

How big brands and foreign money prop up Chinese forced labour 2025-06-22 [BIJ]

Pingshan Factory Fire: How Unpaid Wages Spark Tragedy and Unions Stay Silent 2025-06-03 [China Labour Bulletin]

Leveraging the German Supply Chain Act: CLB’s Experience and Recommendations Amid Policy Change 2025-05-15 [China Labour Bulletin]

Silent Struggles: Tariff Crisis Hits China's Garment Workers 2025-05-09 [China Labour Bulletin]

Shein: Ultra-Fast Fashion and Forced Labour 2025-04-21 [Know the Chain]

BYD Workers Lead Mass Strikes to Challenge Wage Cuts and Broken Promises 2025-04-17 [China Labour Bulletin]

China Tells Kids to Study Manufacturing to Fill Factory Jobs 2025-04-03 [Bloomberg]

China’s delivery platforms compete to offer better worker benefits 2025-03-11 [Financial Times]

Faces of China: A young worker at world's largest UHV converter station 2025-03-18 [GLOBALink]

‘This generation doesn't want to be making the world’s shirts’: Why China’s jobless youth woes could persist 2025-03-17 [CNA]

CLB Files Complaint to BAFA Regarding Alleged Retaliation by Volkswagen AG’s Supplier in China Against Worker Representatives 2025-03-07 [China Labour Bulletin]

Labour Dispute at a Shoe Factory in Sichuan Highlights Failures in Union Oversight and Supply Chain Accountability 2025-02-27 [CLB]

WFTU high level visit to China and meetings with the all-China Federation of Trade Unions 2025-02-27 [WFTU]

CLB Files Complaints with China's Local Labour Inspectorate Bureaus and Germany’s BAFA Regarding Alleged Labour Law Violations by Tesla China and its Suppliers 2025-02-21 [China Labour Bulletin]

New Approach to Global Labour Rights Accountability applying to Chinese Textile and Shoe Factories: Lessons learned from CLB’s Global Supply Due Diligence Advocacy Work 2025-02-18 [China Labour Bulletin]

China Labour Bulletin Strike Map data analysis: 2024 year in review for workers’ rights 2025-01-31 [China Labour Bulletin]

Media workers jailed in China continues to rise 2025-01-27 [IFJ]

The truth behind your $12 dress: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling Shein's success 2025-01-14 [BBC]

Healthcare Workers' Report - Chapter 7 Interests of Healthcare Workers can only be Represented by the Union 2025-01-12 [CLB]

One Death is Too Many: Who is Responsible? 2025-01-12 [CLB]

One Death is too many Who is responsible for the vanish of the Qisda Union 2025-01-08 [China Labour Bulletin]

Chinese workers saved from 'slave-like conditions' in Brazil 2024-12-26 [Buenos Aires Times]

Once China’s ‘Worst Nightmare,’ Labor Activist Refuses to Back Down 2024-12-25 [NY TIMES]

One Death is too many - Who is responsible for the vanish of the Qisda Union 2024-12-11 [CLB]

One Death is too many - Who is responsible for the vanish of the Qsida Union 2024-12-10 [China Labour Bulletin]

Journalist re-arrested on public order offences 2024-12-02 [IFJ]

Luxshare’s Controversial Expansion: Workers Protest Contract Transfers 2024-11-26 [China Labour Bulletin]

The UN Guiding Principles and Supply Chain Due Diligence Laws: A Path to Improving the Lives of Millions of Workers in China 2024-11-12 [China Labour Bulletin]

Labor Rights And Activism Evolving Amidst China's Challenges 2024-11-11 [The Pinnacle Gazette]

Han Dongfang, Once China’s ‘Worst Nightmare,’ Labour Activist Refuses to Back Down 2024-11-10 [New York Times]

Workers at Henan Foxconn reportedly fainted after being scheduled to work 20 consecutive days with only one day off 2024-11-06 [China Labour Bulletin]

BYD Worker Sexually Harassed and Illegally Fired: Management Hostile, Union Silent 2024-10-01 [China Labour Bulletin]

China Labour Bulletin Strike Map data analysis: first half of 2024 in review for workers' rights 2024-09-22 [China Labour Bulletin]

Report Release: Unprotected yet Unyielding: The Decade-Long Protest of China’s Healthcare Workers (2013-2023) 2024-09-09 [China Labour Bulletin]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

12-08-2015 A series of explosions at a chemical plant in Tianjin left at least 184 workers dead and more than 800 injured, causing extensive property damage and releasing cyanide into the atmosphere. The employer did not have the necessary permits. [more]