Worker and Trade Union Rights in China

Working Conditions

This section covers occupational health and safety, wages, working hours and other relevant issues.

Title	Date
New Labour Contract Law: Myth and reality	June 2008
Deaths of two Chinese migrants in Equatorial Guinea: False promises and no redress	June 2008
2008 International Commemoration Day (ICD)	April 2008
New Draft Contract Law: Serious problems emerge - Striking workers to be dismissed	December 2007
Give it or we leave it: migrant workers’ quest for higher legal minimum wages	November 2007
Education: Apathy and exploitation stifle a key profession	November 2007
A short overview of the use of piece rates in China	September 2007
No end in sight for deadly accidents that claim thousands of lives: The case of Huayuan coalmine – Not a “natural disaster”.	September 2007
Plight of hepatitis B virus carriers in China : Recent cases and campaigns	September 2007
Fatal mining accident in a prison camp reveals treatment of prisoner miners	June 2007
400 slaves rescued from brickworks	June 2007
Health and Safety in China: Hats, shoes, gloves and masks…	January 2007
Hong Kong Standard (newspaper) reports on Gold peak workers struggle and demonstration	September 2006
ICFTU Appeal to Gold peak for its AGM in September 2006	September 2006
ICFTU Appeal on legal action against Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions	July 2006
ICFTU Letter to Gold Peak July 2006	July 2006
The Truth behind the Gems: Interview with two jewllery workers suffering from Silicosis	January 2006
Letter to Gold Peak urging them to provide proper compensation for workers	December 2005
The rise of local Protectionism and its impact of OSH Compensation	November 2005
Update on Cadmium Poisoning of Gold Peak Battery workers - Business is Business in Hong Kong	October 2005
Huizhou Cadmium struggle for redress shows there is no compensation for trade unions	August 2005
Huizhou Battery Workers Fight for Compensation	September 2004