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.
Note: China Labour Bulletin recently published our healthcare workers' report: Unprotected yet Unyielding: The Decade-Long Protest of China’s Healthcare Workers (2013-2023).
Job creation and higher living standards have long been key objectives for the Chinese government. However, millions of workers in traditional industries have been laid off and many of the new jobs being created in the service sector are insecure, poorly paid, and leave workers without social security and employment contracts.