China Labour Bulletin Weekly Roundup No. 13 (2006-06-30)

30 June 2006

Labour News

  • Industrial accident

Death toll rises to 27 after coal mine explosion in Liaoning

The number of miners killed at a coal mine explosion in Liaoning Province has increased to 27 after rescue work ended and rescuers recovered the bodies of five missing miners. [Read More]

  • Foreign invested factories

iPod manufacturer Foxconn admits breaking Chinese Labour Law

Foxconn, a Taiwanese-invested manufacturer of Apple's popular music player iPod, has admitted that workers at its plants China work about 80 extra hours each month, according to China CSR, a website monitoring corporate social responsibility in China. [Read More]

  • Occupational illnesses

Pneumoconiosis accounted for 75 percent of all cases of occupational illness in 2005

China's workers reported a total of 12,212 cases of occupational illness in 2005, according to a report jointly published by the Ministry of Health, the State Administration of Work Safety and the All China Federation of Trade Unions in April this year. The figures were compiled from records from the 30 areas and provinces of China, and excluding Tibet, Hong Kong and Macau and no comparable figures for the year earlier were given. [Read More]

  • Blacklisted companies

Thirty companies blacklisted for defaulting wages

The Guangdong Provincial Labour and Social Security Bureau blacklisted 30 companies in the province for owing their employees in total of 20 million yuan (US$2.5 million) in unpaid wages. [Read More]

Chinese Workers' Voices: Han Dongfang's latest radio interview with Chinese workers: County deducts benefits from Sichuan teachers' pay (II)

  • Read the English transcript: [Click here]
  • Listen to the original audio file (in Putonghua): [Click here]

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