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Thorsten Raue interviews Raymond Tam, the president of the Macau Air Traffic Controller Association [IFATCA] 2025-10-19

ZCTU slams Sino-Bikita minerals, says sovereignty has been mortgaged [New Zimbabwe] 2025-09-28

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

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

Trade unions unite for a just transition to green and decent work [ILO] 2025-07-24

New trade union law delivers fresh blow to civil liberties [IFJ] 2025-07-11

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

FNSCBA-CGT denounces abuse of Chinese workers renovating Eqiom CRH cement plant [BWI] 2025-06-26

“It’s an uphill struggle to run a trade union in Hong Kong” – but still, they organise [Equal Times] 2025-06-25

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

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Thorsten Raue interviews Raymond Tam, the president of the Macau Air Traffic Controller Association 2025-10-19 [IFATCA]

ZCTU slams Sino-Bikita minerals, says sovereignty has been mortgaged 2025-09-28 [New Zimbabwe]

£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]

EU-China summit must tackle existential threats for European industrial workers 2025-07-25 [IndustriAll Europe]

Trade unions unite for a just transition to green and decent work 2025-07-24 [ILO]

New trade union law delivers fresh blow to civil liberties 2025-07-11 [IFJ]

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

‘Chinese classify themselves as SA firms to score construction tenders’ 2025-07-01 [Sunday World]

FNSCBA-CGT denounces abuse of Chinese workers renovating Eqiom CRH cement plant 2025-06-26 [BWI]

“It’s an uphill struggle to run a trade union in Hong Kong” – but still, they organise 2025-06-25 [Equal Times]

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

NGO China Labour Bulletin dissolves after 3 decades, cites financial strife 2025-06-13 [The Free Press]

Chinese Labor Rights Group Led by Former Tiananmen Protest Leader Closes 2025-06-13 [New York Times]

Hong Kong police launch first known joint operation with Beijing’s national security office 2025-06-13 [Hong Kong Free Press]

中國勞工通訊解散聲明 Statement on the Dissolution of China Labour Bulletin 2025-06-12 [China Labour Bulletin]

Independent media targeted by arbitrary tax audits 2025-06-06 [IFJ]

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]

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]

UN Special Rapporteur raises concerns about Jimmy Lai’s case at the UN Human Rights Council 2025-03-13 [IFJ]

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

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]

Workers rescued from 'slavery-like' conditions at BYD factory site in Brazil 2024-12-26 [NHK]

Chinese workers found in 'slavery-like' conditions at BYD car factory construction site in Brazil 2024-12-26 [Euronews]

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]

PSI: ‘We stand with the Hong Kong trade unionists’ 2024-12-03 [PSI]

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]

Unionists and former journalists jailed in National Security Trial 2024-11-21 [IFJ]

BWI on the sentencing of the “Hong Kong 45” 2024-11-21 [BWI]

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