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Apple in China

By on January 26, 2012 in China, Collective Bargaining

In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad By CHARLES DUHIGG and DAVID BARBOZA January 25, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?ref=global-home

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2012: China strikes

By on January 9, 2012 in China, Collective Bargaining, Right to Strike, Unionism

Strikes and protests continue into the New Year The recent upsurge in worker activism in China is continuing into the New Year with five more strikes and protests in five different provinces getting media attention last week. About 10,000 workers at a Chengdu steel plant staged a massive protest over low pay on 4 January. [...]

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China strike wave

By on December 14, 2011 in China, Collective Bargaining, Unionism

Strike Wave in China Puts Heat On Official Union by Jane Slaughter December 2011 ‘China faced its second wave of strikes in two years, as thousands of workers in industrial southern provinces—including the sanitation workers in Nanjing—took action. The strikes put heat on the country’s official union. China faced its second wave of strikes in [...]

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China toys

By on December 10, 2011 in China, Labour Law

Making Toys without Joy: ICTI CARE Covers Labour Rights Violations for Global Toy Brands like Disney, Walmart & Mattel from SACOM In Guangdong province, where 70% of China’s toys are exported, migrant workers’ basic salary is around CNY 850-1320 (USD 134-208), actually the same as the statutory local minimum wage. And the minimum wage is [...]

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Hot labor relations in Guangzhou

By on November 16, 2011 in China, Labour Law

This 2010 report was deleted by hackers and now reposted. Hot labor relations in Guangzhou China 2010 report by Australian unionist Chris White. I had an opportunity to take part in a labor relations seminar on China in Guangzhou – October 15th to 23rd In China and the labor relations’ world one focus is on [...]

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China workers protesting

By on November 11, 2011 in China, Collective Bargaining

China: Workers, wildcat strikes and labour advocacy. Latest report from AAWL Workers know that demanding unions independent of the ACFTU is dangerous, and likely to end in arrests and imprisonment. The two dominant forms of labour activism in China currently are wildcat strikes, and advocacy work by NGOs. Read more

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Obama in Darwin

By on November 11, 2011 in China, Timor-Leste, US politics

From the Wall Street Journal Move Aimed at Countering China in Asia, Clarifying Free Access to South China Sea and President Obama comes to Darwin for the military build up…read here

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China conference

By on November 10, 2011 in Capitalist Financial Crisis, China, Collective Bargaining, Labour Law, Workers Rights

COMPARATIVE CHINESE LABOUR STUDIES CONFERENCE 18-19 NOVEMBER 2011 UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY, BUILDING 10 ROOM 03.330 DAY ONE – FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2011 0900 – 0930 Professor Attila Brungs Deputy Vice Chancellor Research Professor Maurizio Marinelli Director China Research Centre Professor Anita Chan China Research Centre Session One 0930 – 1015 Mary Evans, Liu Mingwei, [...]

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Workers rights in the garment industry

By on November 10, 2011 in China, Collective Bargaining, Labour Law, Workers Rights

The garment industry from China to the Pacific Rim: strategies for improving work conditions, rights and organising vulnerable workers – A Public Forum followed by Book launch presented by UTS China Research Centre, together with the Asian Women at Work. This forum will connect the issues facing workers, particularly homeworkers in the garment industry in [...]

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