It’s been a month since workers from a Shenzhen based factory started requesting the factory to pay back workers’ pension and other social security benefits. Workers staged a strike shortly after the…Read more…
A quick glimpse into the 2014 China migrant workers’ report: over 60% don’t have employment contracts
China’s bureau of statistics published the latest migrant workers’ report in late April. Migrant workers are the crucial contributors to the growth of China’s manufacturing and services industries,…Read more…
Social insurance reform sparks a new round of workers’ protests in China
The recently revised housing fund withdrawal regulation has caused a new spate of labour strikes and protests in China’s manufacturing hub, as the new revision limits workers’ ability to cash in the money in their accounts.Read more…