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April 2022 labour news roundup [CLB] 2022-05-22
Truck drivers stranded across China are unable to earn an income, lack food and bare necessities [CLB] 2022-05-22
Elon Musk praises Chinese workers for ‘burning the 3am oil’ – here’s what that really looks like [The Guardian] 2022-05-13
Shanghai’s frontline workers document their struggles online under lockdown [CLB] 2022-05-05
Coal mines hastily restart production to manage energy crisis, leading to deadly accidents [China Labour Bulletin] 2022-04-26
ILO welcomes China’s move towards the ratification of two forced labour Conventions [ILO] 2022-04-21
March 2022 labour news roundup: China’s workers in the Covid-19 wave [China Labour Bulletin] 2022-04-06
Former union leaders arrested as repression escalates [ITUC] 2022-04-04
Workers live in factories, food delivery drivers sleep outside, and medical staff die from overwork in Covid-19 wave [China Labour Bulletin] 2022-03-30
Labour policy suggestions put forward at annual legislative meetings in Beijing [China Labour Bulletin] 2022-03-22
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17-05-2010 1,900 workers at a Honda factory in Foshan, China, go on strike for equal pay with assembly plant workers. [more]
30-05-1925 British-led police in Shanghai massacred 12 workers and students supporting a strike at a Japanese-owned cotton mill. The working class responded with a massive strike until being broken the following year by Chinese nationalists. [more]