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Press Release and Statement (CN)

Urgent Appeal: Tell Uniqlo and G2000 to Stop Using Violence Against Workers in Artigas Factory

2014-12-19

On 18 December 2014, hundreds of police stormed into the Hong Kong owned Artigas Clothing & Leatherware Company in Shenzhen. China to disperse workers who have been on strike for nine days to demand their mandatory social insurance and housing provident fund premiums. Instead of answering the strikers’ request for a negotiation with the employer on 18 December, police were called in to clear the way for the factory management to ship the finished clothing to Uniqlo.

Protest action asking Marks&Spencer to live up to a responsible retailer

2014-07-21

We as unions and labour organizations in Hong Kong are shocked to learn that a female worker from Grosby Footwear (Shenzhen) Ltd, a long term supplier of your company, committed suicide yesterday as a result of the un-resolved strike and termination of her employment contract. The fifty-year-old worker ZHOU JiangRong had served in the factory for more than ten years. She was sacked on July 16 2014 for taking part in workplace strikes.

A demonstration against six major Chambers of Commerce

2014-06-06

Today (6 June 2014), Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) and Hong Kong Labor Organizations stage a demonstration at the Annual General Meeting of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce to protest against Hong Kong business groups regarding on the Regulations of Guangdong Province on the Collective Contracts of Enterprises (the “Revised Draft”). The business groups have been continuously opposed the enactment of the “Revised Draft” and trampled the basic labor rights of Chinese workers. We urge them to change mind immediately and support the “Revised Draft” in the light of achieving a healthy relationship among workers and employers.

Protest supporting Sanda Kan strike in Dongguan; Stop suppressing workers’ rights

2014-04-14

Today morning, around 11 a.m., Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Asian Transnational Corporations Monitoring Network and several labour organisations organised a protest at the Kadar Building against the Kadar Group and Sanda Kan Company not responding to striking workers’ demands. Instead, the strike and workers were suppressed by over thousands of policemen. Organisations supported the workers in Sanda Kan Company in Dongguan and opposed the suppression on workers’ rights.

Striking is not a crime! Free Wu Guijun and other imprisoned labour activists NOW!

2013-10-01

The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) marched to the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR to protest against the Chinese government’s repression on workers' rights, as well as the illegal detention of Wu Guijun, a strike representative of a Hong Kong-owned factory, for over 130 days.