This is the core of IHLO's website and covers all relevant trends, events and issues that affect Chinese labour and the development of independent trade union movements inside China.
Choose from one of the sub-categories in the menu-bar above to navigate further or use the links / summaries below:
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. |
Workers
This section forms the core of IHLO's website and covers migrant workers, workers in state owned enterprises, as well as articles on women workers and rural workers. It aims to provide analysis and information on current events, socio-economic trends and worker protests. |
Working Conditions
This section covers occupational health and safety, wages, working hours and other relevant issues. |
ACFTU
This section looks at the history and development of the All China Federation of Trade Unions and its internal relationship to workers and the state and externally its relationship with trade unions globally. |
Society and Welfare
This section covers labour related socio-economic issues such as the development of a social security and pension system, health care provision, general employment/ unemployment and retrenchment as well as social trends. |
Globalisation
This section looks at the areas where globalisation impacts on Chinese labour including WTO membership issues, privatisation and multinational corporations. |
Industries
This section provides a brief overview of the main industrial sectors in China. |
Law and regulations
This section looks at the major labour related law and regualtions and provided comments and analysis on important labour law reforms. |
