Welcome to the IHLO

The IHLO is the Hong Kong Liaison Office of the international trade union movement. Our aim is to support the international trade union movement in Hong Kong and to monitor trade union rights and labour developments in China. Read more...

Worker and Trade Union Rights in China

The core of IHLO's website covering all relevant trends, events and issues that affect Chinese labour and the development of independent trade union movements inside China.

Detained Labour activists

Labour activists and others detained for their alleged involvement in worker protests and the struggle for freedom of association in China.

International Solidarity

Information and reports from the International Trade Union Confederation and other trade unions, ITUC affiliates and Global Union Federations.

Janek Kuczkiewicz

It is with the deepest sadness that the ITUC and the IHLO mourn the sudden and untimely death on April 8 of our dear colleague Janek Kuczkiewicz, our Director of Human and Trade Union Rights, at his home in Brussels.

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China and the world

Chinese investment abroad; exportation of Chinese labour and its labour practices [new]

Hong Kong & Macau

Labour related issues and events in the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions.

Playfair 2008

New report launched based on interviews with sportswear workers in four countries: "Clearing the Hurdles: Steps to improving working conditions in the global sportswear
industry" [ 21 April 2008]. Read more here