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14 workers dead after company bus submerged in flood water in Hebei province [CLB] 2021-10-18

Unions campaign for recognition at Chinese-owned textile and garment factories in Uganda Add to favourites Read this article in: English 14 October, 2021After recruiting and organizing most of the workers in the Chinese-owned textile and garment f [IndustriALL] 2021-10-14

Construction workers dead, missing in Sichuan mudslide despite disaster warning [China Labour Bulletin] 2021-10-06

National security law: Hong Kong’s biggest opposition trade union votes by overwhelming majority to disband [South China Morning Post] 2021-10-04

UNI joins the ITUC in calling on the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to cease prosecutions and intimidation of trade unionists [UNI Global Union] 2021-09-29

ACFTU in Beijing Issues Guidelines for Unionizing Gig Workers: What Comes Next? [China Labour Bulletin] 2021-09-28

Independent journalist Huang Xueqin and labor activist Wang Jianbing disappeared [NGOCN] 2021-09-25

High-level guidance on platform employment lacks teeth [China Labour Bulletin] 2021-09-23

Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions to dissolve [HKCTU] 2021-09-22

Celebrating the ordinary workers at the heart of the movement [China Labour Bulletin] 2021-09-21

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14 workers dead after company bus submerged in flood water in Hebei province 2021-10-18 [CLB]

Authorities plan to ban private investment in news outlets 2021-10-15 [IFJ]

Unions campaign for recognition at Chinese-owned textile and garment factories in Uganda Add to favourites Read this article in: English 14 October, 2021After recruiting and organizing most of the workers in the Chinese-owned textile and garment f 2021-10-14 [IndustriALL]

US electronics firm struck deal to transport and hire Uyghur workers 2021-10-07 [Reuters]

Construction workers dead, missing in Sichuan mudslide despite disaster warning 2021-10-06 [China Labour Bulletin]

National security law: Hong Kong’s biggest opposition trade union votes by overwhelming majority to disband 2021-10-04 [South China Morning Post]

UNI joins the ITUC in calling on the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to cease prosecutions and intimidation of trade unionists 2021-09-29 [UNI Global Union]

Over 90,000 people have left Hong Kong in the past year; those who remain face an uncertain future 2021-09-29 [Equal Times]

ACFTU in Beijing Issues Guidelines for Unionizing Gig Workers: What Comes Next? 2021-09-28 [China Labour Bulletin]

Independent journalist Huang Xueqin and labor activist Wang Jianbing disappeared 2021-09-25 [NGOCN]

High-level guidance on platform employment lacks teeth 2021-09-23 [China Labour Bulletin]

Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions to dissolve 2021-09-22 [HKCTU]

Celebrating the ordinary workers at the heart of the movement 2021-09-21 [China Labour Bulletin]

Press freedom groups call for release of Zhang Zhan 2021-09-17 [IFJ]

Tutors struggle for compensation after mass layoffs 2021-09-09 [CLB]

A public letter from a union leader in jail 2021-09-07 [HKCTU]

Chinese smart phone producer violates workers’ rights in Turkey 2021-09-03 [IndustriALL]

Didi and JD.com workers get unions in watershed moment for China's tech sector 2021-09-01 [Saltwire]

Concerns over journalist’s health on hunger strike 2021-08-27 [IFJ]

Alibaba employee's stand shows failure of corporate anti-harassment policies 2021-08-24 [CLB]

Henan overtakes Guangdong in number of worker protests 2021-08-24 [CLB]

Will China’s trade union finally live up to its obligations under the Work Safety Law? 2021-08-24 [CLB]

One year on from her arrest, colleagues call for release of Australian journalist Cheng Lei 2021-08-17 [MEAA]

Media calls on China to release Australian journalist Cheng Lei 2021-08-13 [IFJ]

Biggest teachers’ union drops political bombshell, announcing its disbandment after authorities cut ties 2021-08-11 [South China Morning Post]

Citizen journalist jailed for providing information to human rights groups 2021-08-07 [IFJ]

East Asian education unions unite for quality peace education 2021-08-06 [Education International]

Education Bureau severs ties with Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union, hours after Chinese state media call group a ‘malignant tumour’ 2021-08-02 [South China Morning Post]

Foreign journalists covering flood disaster harassed 2021-07-28 [IFJ]

Fourteen construction workers confirmed dead in Zhuhai tunnel flooding 2021-07-26 [CLB]

Seafarers Call For Govt Intervention As China Bans Sailors' Entry From Its Ports 2021-07-26 [Republic]

Chongqing government amends discriminatory policy after public outcry 2021-07-19 [CLB]

Vocational school intern jumps to his death at Shenzhen factory 2021-07-12 [CLB]

China clashes with Zimbabwean unions over 'systematic abuse' 2021-07-10 [allAfrica]

China accuses ZCTU of damaging Zim-China relations 2021-07-04 [New Zimbabwe]

Government urges its exhausted workers not to “lie down” 2021-07-03 [CLB]

Food delivery workers take action against low pay and “tyrannical” policies 2021-07-03 [CLB]

Democracy crumbles in Hong Kong as Apple Daily shutters HK operations 2021-06-24 [NUJ]

Sunny Yi Feng Tiles- ZCTU sets the record straight 2021-06-19 [ZimEye]

Chinese firm, ZCTU clash over workers’ ‘slave’ abuses 2021-06-19 [New Zimbabwe]

Food delivery worker burns uniform in symbolic protest 2021-06-13 [CLB]

NI trade union protests repression in Hong Kong and China 2021-06-07 [chinaworker.info]

Workers’ rights further eroded by new legislation in Shenzhen 2021-06-06 [CLB]

Workers underwhelmed by new three-child policy 2021-06-06 [CLB]

Lee Cheuk-yan’s plea: This is my unrequited love, the love for my country with such a heavy heart 2021-06-06 [HKCTU]

Tiananmen Square, June 4: We remember and fight on! 2021-06-04 [IUF]

A tribute to Robin Munro 2021-05-24 [CLB]

Factory districts and construction sites hit by tornadoes 2021-05-24 [CLB]

The Covid-19 Story: Unmasking China’s Global Strategy 2021-05-12 [IFJ]

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