Our 10 most recent articles.
CLB Report: Waiting for Weiquan: Worker rights protection at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions
CLB investigates the role and effectiveness of rights defence (维权 weiquan) departments of China’s official trade union
08 August 2022
High unemployment rate indicates bleak job prospects for university graduates
Young people are delaying entering the job market, facing fierce job competition, and turning flexible employment, which may have long-term consequences
14 June 2022
An Introduction to CLB’s Work Accident Map
China Labour Bulletin established its bilingual Work Accident Map in December 2014 to track and categorise workplace accidents reported in domestic media
10 June 2022
Book Review: The Urbanization of People by Eli Friedman
This compelling and well-researched book examines urban policymaking through the human experience of migrant education
08 June 2022
Migrant workers and their children
There are an estimated 292 million rural migrant workers in China, comprising more than one-third of the entire working population. They have been the engine of China’s spectacular economic growth over the last three decades but remain marginalized, and their children have limited access to education and healthcare.
26 May 2022
Labour policy suggestions put forward at annual legislative meetings in Beijing
Discussions at these meetings act as a barometer on labour policies for the coming year
22 March 2022
Increase in strikes in logistics and service sectors in 2021 not expected to let up
CLB collected over one thousand incidents in 2021 in our Strike Map, revealing industry trends and labour relations challenges
15 February 2022
Two years on, pandemic’s frontline workers still lack adequate labour protections
The new calendar year began with the entire city of Xi’an in the middle of a month-long Covid-19 lockdown as China pursues its “Zero Covid” strategy, which is reliant on hotels as quarantine facilities. The very first local case in Xi’an, from which a rapid spread of the virus prompted the late December lockdown, was a quarantine hotel worker who contracted the virus on the job.
08 February 2022
Rural teachers raise age discrimination issue in their quest for equal pay
Local trade unions refuse to get involved when teachers raise online appeal over age limit in applying for national special post program
28 January 2022
Platform labour regulations and unionising the gig economy
At China Labour Bulletin, we are saying goodbye to our retiring Communications Director, Geoffrey Crothall. CLB Executive Director Han Dongfang thanks Geoffrey for his long service to the organization: "During the past decade and a half, under Geoff’s guidance, the CLB team has successfully built a solid platform providing the most reliable information on the workers' movement and labour issues in China. I am very thankful for Geoff’s invaluable contributions."
07 October 2021