Labour

In cities, waste disposal and recycling relies on the labor of frontline workers - individual scavengers, small and medium-sized recycling stores, recyclers and cleaners. These workers provide…

Labour NGOs have played a role, especially in southern China, in raising Chinese workers’ consciousness. This paper takes a historical perspective and argues that the relationship between labour NGOs and workers has changed in the past three decades, from one of workers’ dependency on Chinese labour NGOs and these NGOs’ dependency, in turn, on foreign NGOs in an asymmetrical relationship, to one more of partnership.

Labour Rights in Global Production Networks. An Analysis of the Apparel and Electronics Sector in Romania by Leonhard Plank, Cornelia Staritz and Karin Lukas Owner: Chamber of Workers and…

The many problems associated with Chinese companies in Africa should not be seen in isolation from the broader challenge of dealing with the consequences of neoliberal globalisation, which places economic growth above all social considerations.

"Workers heading for home at a train station. Photo by Lung"  The global financial crisis has begun to take its toll in China. China’s exports have been declining rapidly, and in…

After showing that the official figure of China’s outward investment is a serious under-estimation, the report goes on to reveal the extent of lack of transparency and irregularities for Chinese companies investing overseas. It divides China’s outward investment into three period in order to identify the specific political and economic factors behind behind them and the problems they posed.