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29 January 2025
In the first half of last year, China Labour Bulletin reported a rebound in strikes and protests in China. As of 2024, the number of workers’ protests remains high, exceeding the same period last year. The Strike Map recorded 719 collective actions in the first half of 2024, up from 696 incidents during the same period the previous year.
19 September 2024
The government’s plan to raise the retirement age was met with backlash from workers, especially blue-collar migrant workers. It is difficult for migrant workers to find jobs that pay for social security for 15 years--the prerequisite for getting a pension when retired. Workers are worried that the retirement age reform would make things even harder. There is a disparity in social security coverage and benefits between urban workers and migrant workers. Many migrant workers still have to work after the retirement age, with little or no social security. Precarious and informal employment across sectors is a significant reason and will likely continue with the growing gig economy.
12 July 2024
Industry by industry, how are China’s workers faring in this difficult economic environment?
31 January 2024
Platform freight drivers protest pricing model that pits drivers against each other in race to the bottom
28 December 2023
Factory workers, truck drivers, and coal miners are just some of China’s worker-vloggers who share their daily experiences online to large followings
06 October 2023
The 2022 official estimate of the population of rural migrant workers in China is 296 million, 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.
06 September 2023
Typhoon Doksuri’s heavy rainfall and severe flooding put frontline workers at risk
16 August 2023