Chris is a labour law researcher, specialising in China and the right to strike. He spent 27 years in the SA union movement. Chris now lives in Canberra. More →
The Nanhai Honda strike in China and the union from Australia Asia Worker links http://www.aawl.org.au/content/chinese-workers-demand-democratic-unions and China Labor News Translations July 2010 http://www.clntranslations.org/article/56/honda ‘One of the most interesting dimensions of the recent strikes at three Honda auto components factories in the Pearl River Delta region has been workers’ clearly articulated demand for their enterprise unions [...]
Disregarded by striking workers, China’s trade unions rethink role in bid for relevance By Tini Tran (CP) GUANGZHOU, China — The wave of strikes rippling through China’s southern manufacturing heartland have forced the country’s officially sanctioned unions to try something novel: speak up for workers or risk being permanently sidelined. Migrant workers, wary of company [...]
Labour standards remain critical risk for firms manufacturing in China – new Maplecroft report 28/07/2010 A recent spate of stories focusing on electronics companies with manufacturing operations in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have highlighted poor labour standards and reputational risks relevant to all multinational corporations with subsidiaries and supply chains in China. Moreover, with [...]
Guangdong’s new labour regulations open the door to worker participation in collective bargaining 26 July 2010 http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/100838 The Guangdong provincial government is currently debating the latest draft of its Regulations on the Democratic Management of Enterprises, regulations that could, if implemented, finally open the door to genuine worker participation in collective bargaining in China. According [...]
Strikes end at two Chinese automotive suppliers Automotive News China http://www.autonewschina.com/en/article.asp?id=5488 Automotive News | 2010-7-22 GUANGZHOU/TOKYO(Reuters) – Chinese factory workers at two suppliers for foreign automakers returned to work on Thursday after winning hefty pay rises, ending strikes that again highlighted the carmakers’ vulnerability to their China suppliers. The strikes at Atsumitec Co, which supplies [...]
New strike hits Honda parts supplier in China http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/7590095/new-strike-hits-honda-parts-supplier-in-china/ Don Durfee, Reuters July 15, 2010, 3:54 pm HONG KONG (Reuters) – A strike has broken out at a south China factory supplying parts for Japan’s Honda Motor, the latest in a string of stoppages by Chinese workers demanding a bigger piece of the country’s economic [...]
Where to Begin: New Perspectives on Chinese Labor By Mark W. Frazier Studies of labor in China have taken an exciting turn in recent years with the publication of numerous rich and revealing portraits of workers, their jobs, and their place in Chinese politics and in the global economy. As thousands of migrant workers employed [...]
SHANGHAI – Collective contracts as part of an effective negotiation mechanism between workers and employers will help mitigate labor unrests that have hit parts of the country recently, the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) said on Thursday. “The signing of collective contracts is key to protecting workers’ rights as it … provides a [...]
Japanese suppliers must raise workers’ wages Yang Jian SHANGHAI — A walkout this week at a Denso fuel injector plant in south China was the seventh strike against a Japanese-owned automotive supplier since late May. What is most interesting about these stoppages is the central government’s attitude, which has shifted its support from the companies [...]
