Labour News

On 25th June, 2019, over 100 workers in the Shenzhen factory of Hong Kong listed company, Prosperous Printing Co., Ltd. (08385) went on strike. It is suspected that the strike action is a protest against the poor working environment and exploitation of the factory.

On April 15th, hundreds of Hunan silicosis workers sent a joint petition to the leaders of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), requesting the ACFTU to urge the Shenzhen police to immediately release the editors of the "iLabour", Yang Zhengjun, Wei Zhili and Ke Chengbing, who were arrested for supporting the Hunan Silicosis workers. And demand the Hunan and Shenzhen governments to implement the compensation plans for the silicosis workers as soon as possible!

Advocating for leftist ideals is now another term for subverting state power— the absurdity of state control is now at a new height in China. Chai Xiaoming, former editor of “Red Reference” (紅色參考), an online media in China, was arrested by the authorities on 21st March, charged with “subversion of state power”.

In July 2018, workers from Jasic Technology in Shenzhen were dismissed by the company for organizing their own trade union and were later criminally detained by government officials on charges of "Gathering a Crowd to Disturb Social Order". Waves of mass arrested were undertook by the city government targeting the workers and supporting activists. As of today, more than 40 people are still under criminal detention, including worker representatives, student supporters, community centre and labour NGO staff. Most of the detainees were deprived from their legal rights to meet their lawyers and communicate with their families.