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China: rules on the new contract employment law
Monday, 29 Dec, 2008 – 17:31 | No Comment
China: rules on the new contract employment law

China: Employment Strategy For Foreign Investors In China After The Publication Of The Implementation Rules Of The Labor Contract Law. Please read other posts on Employment Contract law. This is an update by by Winston …

Chinese workers fight back
Tuesday, 21 Oct, 2008 – 5:21 | No Comment
Chinese workers fight back

The case of Ole Wolff (Yantai) Electronics Ltd
This case of unusual rank and file union activism in China can be seen as both good and bad news.
The good news is that, in the North-Eastern Chinese …

Rocky Road to Labor Reform in China
Friday, 17 Oct, 2008 – 21:25 | No Comment
Rocky Road to Labor Reform in China

Trouble at Wal-Mart: The Rocky Road to Labor Reform in China by GLS
The industrial relations system in China is in play as workers, peasants, corporations, and a variety of civil society, state, and party actors …

The Chinese Unionise Wal-Mart 2006
Saturday, 6 Sep, 2008 – 1:24 | 4 Comments
The Chinese Unionise Wal-Mart 2006

At the high-rise Beijing headquarters of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) on 30/1/2007, I asked Ms Guo Chen from the Grass-Roots Organization and Capacity Building Department to go through their steps of unionising …

2008 China labor law reforms - part one The content of the employment contract law
Friday, 5 Sep, 2008 – 18:05 | No Comment
2008 China labor law reforms - part one The content of the employment contract law

China’s President and Communist Party Secretary Hu Jintao and Government Premier Wen Jiabao supported these workplace ‘harmonisation’ reforms.
China’s 10th National People’s Congress (NPC) passed the Labor Law on Employment Contracts on June 29th …

2008 China labor laws - part two the union ACFTU
Thursday, 4 Sep, 2008 – 18:25 | One Comment
2008 China labor laws - part two the union ACFTU

The All China Federation of Trade Unions ACFTUReport july 2008
The enhanced role for China’s union the ACFTU with new legal powers is important. The ACFTU is the one union allowed by law, organised nationally and …