Chinese labour news from LabourStart http://www.labourstart.org/en/ Where trade unionists start their day on the net. en 15 ericlee@labourstart.org (Eric Lee) Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:00:28 +0100 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:00:28 +0100 Chinese labour news from LabourStart http://www.labourstart.org/images/logo-rss.gif http://www.labourstart.org/en/ LabourStart: Where trade unionists start their day on the net. 88 31 China : Front-line Chinese overseas workers coming under increasing attack http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/chinese-front-line-overseas-workers-coming-under-increasing-attack/article2330273/ Source: Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/chinese-front-line-overseas-workers-coming-under-increasing-attack/article2330273/ 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Money confiscated from Israel black-market bank included millions in Chinese workers' savings http://english.themarker.com/money-confiscated-from-black-market-bank-included-millions-in-chinese-workers-savings-1.411081 Source: Ha'aretz http://english.themarker.com/money-confiscated-from-black-market-bank-included-millions-in-chinese-workers-savings-1.411081 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Senior Newspaper Staff Sacked for Reporting Inflation Concerns in China http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/senior-newspaper-staff-sacked-for-reporting-inflation-concerns-in-china Source: IFJ http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/senior-newspaper-staff-sacked-for-reporting-inflation-concerns-in-china 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT Tibet : IFJ Urges China to Uphold Post-Olympic Press Freedom Promises http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-urges-china-to-uphold-post-olympic-press-freedom-promises Source: IFJ http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-urges-china-to-uphold-post-olympic-press-freedom-promises 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Q&A: Apple's China supplier in the spotlight http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/06/world/asia/china-foxconn-explainer/index.html Source: CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/06/world/asia/china-foxconn-explainer/index.html 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT Australia : New Chinese Embassy Exempt From Oz Workplace Law http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/australia/new-chinese-embassy-exempt-from-workplace-law-187250.html Source: Epoch Times http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/australia/new-chinese-embassy-exempt-from-workplace-law-187250.html 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT Zambia : Mine Workers Union back Kambwili's tough stance against Chinese http://www.ukzambians.co.uk/home/2012/02/05/mine-workers-union-back-kambwilis-tough-stance-against-chinese/ Source: UKZambians http://www.ukzambians.co.uk/home/2012/02/05/mine-workers-union-back-kambwilis-tough-stance-against-chinese/ 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT Zambia : MUZ backs Minister Kambwili's tough stance on Chinese investors http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=24964 Source: Zambia Post http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=24964 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : VIDEO: Apple manufacturing plant workers complain of long hours, militant culture http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/06/world/asia/china-apple-foxconn-worker/index.html Source: CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/06/world/asia/china-apple-foxconn-worker/index.html 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT Australia : Construction workers brought from China to build embassy are exempt from Australian workplace laws http://www.smh.com.au/national/china-employs-exempt-labour-at-embassy-20120203-1qxo9.html Source: SMH http://www.smh.com.au/national/china-employs-exempt-labour-at-embassy-20120203-1qxo9.html 04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Boycotts against Apple won't improve factory conditions if there's no ethical alternative http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/boycotts-against-apple-wont-improve-factory-conditions-if-theres-no-ethical-alternative/story-fnb64oi6-1226261709448 Source: The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/boycotts-against-apple-wont-improve-factory-conditions-if-theres-no-ethical-alternative/story-fnb64oi6-1226261709448 04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Worker pays final sacrifice for friend http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-02/04/content_14536434.htm Source: China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-02/04/content_14536434.htm 04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Lost' staff prompt a headache http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-02/04/content_14535903.htm Source: China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-02/04/content_14535903.htm 04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Coal mine explosion kills 11 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gD-q4SFFRTjq-QWlGk03Y18epj8A?docId=CNG.80d7e08b72e081b97777932ee5026afd.4b1 Source: AFP http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gD-q4SFFRTjq-QWlGk03Y18epj8A?docId=CNG.80d7e08b72e081b97777932ee5026afd.4b1 04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Questions for Li Qiang of China Labor Watch http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/q-and-a-with-li-qiang-of-china-labor-watch/ Source: NY Times http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/q-and-a-with-li-qiang-of-china-labor-watch/ 04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT Africa : Alarmist media in China raise concerns about Chinese workers in Africa http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/101246 Source: China Labour Bulletin http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/101246 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Searching for the missing link: Miner struggles to prove labour relationship with former boss http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/101244 Source: China Labour Bulletin http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/101244 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT USA : Trade Protest Is Planned on Eve of a Chinese Leader's Visit http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/business/global/trade-protest-planned-on-eve-of-chinese-leaders-visit.html Source: NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/business/global/trade-protest-planned-on-eve-of-chinese-leaders-visit.html 31 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Apple - make the iPhone 5 ethically.Sign the petition http://sumofus.org/campaigns/ethical-iphone/?sub=taf Source: Sum of Us http://sumofus.org/campaigns/ethical-iphone/?sub=taf 31 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT Egypt : Bedouin kidnap Chinese workers in Egypt's Sinai, sources say http://www.egyptindependent.com/node/630171 Source: Egypt Independent http://www.egyptindependent.com/node/630171 31 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT Egypt : Bedouins seize 25 Chinese workers: security http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/crime-a-accidents/bedouins-seize-25-chinese-workers-security.html Source: Daily News Egypt http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/crime-a-accidents/bedouins-seize-25-chinese-workers-security.html 31 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Apple boycott brews over worker abuses http://www.nzherald.co.nz/gadgets/news/article.cfm?c_id=238&objectid=10782044 Source: NZ Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/gadgets/news/article.cfm?c_id=238&objectid=10782044 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT Sudan : More than 20 Chinese road builders have been captured by rebels in Sudan http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/more-than-2-dozen-chinese-workers-captured-in-sudan-attack/2012/01/29/gIQAuFnFaQ_story.html Source: Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/more-than-2-dozen-chinese-workers-captured-in-sudan-attack/2012/01/29/gIQAuFnFaQ_story.html 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Cities see surge of returning workers http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-01/30/content_14502240.htm Source: China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-01/30/content_14502240.htm 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : USW Lauds U.S. Victory at W.T.O in Challenge to China's Raw Materials Export Restraints http://www.usw.org/media_center/news_articles?id=0979 Source: Steelworkers http://www.usw.org/media_center/news_articles?id=0979 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT USA : Apple hit by boycott call over worker abuses in China http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/29/apple-faces-boycott-worker-abuses Source: Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/29/apple-faces-boycott-worker-abuses 29 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Apple 'attacking problems' at its factories in China http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/taiwan/9043924/Apple-attacking-problems-at-its-factories-in-China.html Source: The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/taiwan/9043924/Apple-attacking-problems-at-its-factories-in-China.html 28 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : Apple's Profit Skyrockets, Workers Die at Its Factories http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/01/26/apples-profit-skyrockets-workers-die-at-its-factories/ Source: AFL-CIO http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/01/26/apples-profit-skyrockets-workers-die-at-its-factories/ 27 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : The development of collective bargaining in China â€" two case studies http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/101233 Source: China Labour Bulletin http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/101233 27 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT China : The way forward: pressuring Apple or building a workers' movement? http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/101241 Source: China Labour Bulletin http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/101241 27 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT