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Letter from the Editors
In the last month of 2024, migrant workers continued to be owed wages while countless protests stemmed from factory relocations. Wage arrears cases remained the majority of incidents we monitored on the calls-for-help map. In December, sanitation workers in many places went on strike due to unpaid wages.
03 January 2025
Note: China Labour Bulletin recently published our healthcare workers' report: Unprotected yet Unyielding: The Decade-Long Protest of China’s Healthcare Workers (2013-2023).
19 December 2024
Luxshare's acquisition of Pegatron's subsidiary Protek has led to protests as workers were pressured into transferring contracts to a new subsidiary, Xianshuo, under threats of losing overtime pay; At Xianshuo and Protek, workers depend on excessive overtime to supplement low base wages, often working 12-hour shifts to make ends meet, highlighting the disparity between earnings and Shanghai's living wage; In a rare move, the Protek union supported workers' protests, advocating for fair treatment.
26 November 2024
Several videos shared online by Foxconn workers in Zhengzhou, Henan province, depict workers fainting due to long hours of overtime work. The management at Foxconn's Zhengzhou facility should not use the rise in production orders as a justification for offering low wages and enforcing illegal, extended working hours that jeopardise workers' health. In fact, as the primary buyer of Foxconn's products, Apple has a corporate social responsibility to ensure that working conditions in their factories comply with local labour laws.
05 November 2024
This chapter explains the salary and performance of medical staff, especially the issue of reduced income and uneven distribution of subsidies during Covid 19. It also points out the issue of nurses’ wages falling and hospitals being more willing to invest resources in doctors.
23 October 2024
China Labour Bulletin recently published our healthcare workers' report: Unprotected yet Unyielding: The Decade-Long Protest of China’s Healthcare Workers (2013-2023). This is the Chapter 3 of the report. This chapter explains the difference between formal and informal workers, which caused the informal workers to strike and demand equal pay for equal work. It also talks about the problem of low salaries for medical students and graduate students.
14 October 2024