Our 10 most recent articles.
China’s trade unions caught in the headlights of the coronavirus crisis
CLB conducted a series of interviews with trade union officials in China in order to gauge their response to the coronavirus crisis and understand what steps they had taken to protect workers’ health, economic interests and legal rights.
01 April 2020
At least 19 killed fighting forest fire in Sichuan
Eighteen firefighters and a forestry worker were killed in the early hours of this morning while battling a forest fire in the mountainous Liangshan district of Sichuan, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported today.
31 March 2020
Workplace accidents decline but coronavirus infection threat remains
While the number of workplace accidents in China has fallen significantly since the start of the coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic, there have already been several cases of Covid-19 infections in enterprises that resumed production without taking the necessary precautions to protect workers.
24 March 2020
Women workers on the frontline in the battle against the coronavirus
The majority of medical staff in China’s hospitals are women, and during the coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak, it has been women who have been at the forefront of the battle to contain the epidemic.
05 March 2020
Holding China’s trade unions to account
CLB conducts a one year, in-depth investigation into the All-China Federation of Trade Union’s reform initiative.
17 February 2020
Construction workers under pressure as more cities rush to build hospitals
Several Chinese cities including Zhengzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen have announced plans to build new hospitals in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan.
06 February 2020
The state of labour relations in China, 2019
CLB examines the key developments and emerging trends in worker activism in China in 2019
13 January 2020
Labour activist Chen Weixiang released from detention
Labour activist Chen Weixiang and two associates have been released after spending 15 days in administrative detention.
03 January 2020
Huawei invites detained former employee to sue
Telecom giant Huawei has urged former employee, Li Hongyuan, who was detained in Shenzhen for eight months on extortion charges, to sue the company if he feels his rights have been violated.
03 December 2019
The shifting patterns of transport worker protests in China present a major challenge to the trade union
Strikes by transport workers have long been a feature of daily life in China’s cities but in the last five years there has been a noticeable shift in the nature of these protests, driven primarily by the rapid growth of app-based transport services and the decline of traditional services.
18 November 2019