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Freedom of Association under Siege: The Predicaments of China’s Labour NGOs

2014-08-01

Issue 84, August 2014

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The Social Insurance Law Draft in China: A People's Version

2009-12-01

Issue No : 73  October - December 2009

By Henry T. K. Mok and Apo Leong

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Trade Union Repression

2009-09-01

Issue No. 72 July - September 2009

  • Editorial: Tightening the Grip of Repression on Workers when they organize
  • India: Labour Victories and Struggles Under a Changing State
  • The Rise and Demise of an Independent Trade Union in China - The Ole Wolff Trade Union Case
  • Repression against Workers - Republic of Korea
  • Philippines: ILO High-Level Mission on Freedom of Association
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The Rise and Demise of an Independent Trade Union in China - The Ole Wolff Trade Union Case

2009-09-01

Issue No. 72 July - September 2009

By Zhang Wei and Apo Leong

In an open letter dated 14 October 2009, the Ole Wolff (Yantai) Trade Union (OWYTU) proclaimed the sad news that the union would be officially dissolved.

Union advisor Zhang Jun said the forthcoming union’s dissolution is mainly due to the fact that the Ole Wolff (Yantai) Electronics Company was de-registered in 2009 with the local government, and thus the Union Committee had to follow suit. Also, most of the union members have left the plant.

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Labour in the ICT industry

2007-06-01
Issue No : 63  April - June 2007
 
EDITORIAL: Will the Asian Labour Movement meet the ICT Challenge?
The ICT industry has grown by leaps and bounds. It has rapidly become a major export industry for developing countries. While the US and Japan are still major exporters, developing countries, mainly in Asia, already account for almost 50% of all electronics exports.
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How do working conditions in direct foreign-invested ICT factories measure up in China?

2007-06-01

Issue No. 63 April - June 2007

By Apo Leong and Diana Beaumont

The following are the findings of surveys carried out in mid-2006 amongst workers from directly-owned Nokia and Flextronics factories in Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces. According to the survey results, these are not nightmare sweatshops, but they were found to be violating Chinese laws regarding social insurance, overtime hours and – most importantly – lacked democratic trade unions that can represent workers.

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Flexible Labour: Union Responses in Hong Kong

2003-01-07
Tam Wai Pang and Apo Leong
 
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KTS Union Election (China)

2001-10-01

Apo Leong

The KTS (Kong Tai Shoes) Longgang plant, a subsidiary of KTP Holding, is a listed company in Hong Kong with Taiwan ownership. 4,638 workers (4,119 women; 519 men)operate the original equipment manufacturing system producing shoes for fashion/sports giant, Reebok. The Longgang plant is a showcase factory established by local government and was one of the earliest settlers in the Longgang industrial zone. The enterprise union, called the KTS Longgang Union must be affiliated to the All China Federation of Trade Unions by law.

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Social Security

2000-09-01
Issue No : 35  June - August 2000
 
EDITORIAL: Social Security and Full Employment - Two Sides of the Coin
The Declaration of Philadelphia (1944) and subsequent International Labour Organisation (ILO) declarations recognised that availability of an "adequate level of social protection" is a basic right of all people.
 
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FROM SECURITY TO UNCERTAINTY - LABOUR AND WELFARE REFORM IN CHINA

2000-09-01

Apo Leong and Stephen Frost

Guangzhou municipal government has earmarked 60 million yuan1 over three years to entice students back to the city from overseas. Each returnee will be granted 100,000 yuan1 with which to 'start up or invest in special enterprises'. China Daily, 18 May 2000.

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