Worker and Trade Union Rights in China

Mainland Media

This section contains translations and analysis of selected articles from the media inside China. It aims to provide a glimpse into official and non official Chinese thinking on labour issues and current events.

Title	Date
"Labor union reform called for as migrant workers seek better protection on legal rights"	May 2011
Open Letter from the Delegation of Representatives of the Honda Strike Workers	June 2010
Portraits of workers without Jobs	March 2009
Turning back the clock: Reversals in labour protection	March 2009
100 percent unionization by December 2009 – ACFTU to go direct to MNC headquarters	February 2009
“The Motives behind revising the Implementing Regulations for the Trade Union Law”	November 2008
The ACFTU and factory closures Xian Federation of Trade Unions issues bankruptcy checklist for enterprise-level unions	November 2008
Guangdong Provincial Trade Union suspends collective wage negotiations	November 2008
Shenzhen Yunnan strike: “Industrial Strikes should be allowed to help build Harmonious Labour Relations”	October 2008
Deaths of two Chinese migrants in Equatorial Guinea: False promises and no redress	June 2008
The Sichuan earthquake and the collapse of schools: Two views from inside China	May 2008
The End of China's Low-Cost Labour?	May 2008
Behind the Defiance in the Skies: Pilots strike at China Eastern Airways and mass sick leave at Shanghai and Wuhan Airlines.	May 2008
Regulations on implementation of trade union law in Guangzhou go into effect	December 2007
New labour contract law not an 'iron rice bowl': Criticism from the Shanghai Daily of the new law	December 2007
A bloggers' take on the Attack on the Dagongzhe workers Centre and Huang Qingnan	December 2007
China Business News: Sackings at Wal-Mart: Global restructuring or avoiding the new Contract Law?	December 2007
The ACFTU and the Tax department – working together to collect “union” dues?	September 2007
Mainland coverage of a recent union visit to China: “Harmony”, “dialogue” and “cooperation”	September 2007
Official Wage Figures - a 70 percent increase - reality or fiction [Asia Times]	August 2007
Shanghai ACFTU asks employers for wage transparency	August 2007
Wages: The false debate over earning power of migrants and graduates	July 2007
Fatal mining accident in a prison camp reveals treatment of prisoner miners	June 2007
China amends draft new labour law amid outcry over forced labour scandal: Draft to be passed today 29 June	June 2007
ACFTU Comments on the Proposed Contract law	May 2007
Privatisation, WTO membership and State Assets - at what price and for whom?	December 2005
The rise of local Protectionism and its impact of OSH Compensation	November 2005
A New China for Organized Labour	August 2005
Huizhou Cadmium struggle for redress shows there is no compensation for trade unions	August 2005
Ruling removes legal fees for migrant workers in Beijing	July 2005
Trade Union Direct Elections: A labour rights reform as promoted by foreigners	June 2004
Collective Labour Disputes Continue to Rise in Beijing	April 2004