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Suspicious Death of 1989 worker activist Li WanYang
Human Rights and Democracy Information Center reported that a worker activist Li WanYang , who was involved in the 1989 democratic movement and had been imprisoned for 22 years, died in a Hunan hoispital this morning. His friends said that Li Wangyang might have been tortured to death, while the authority disguised the case as suicide.
2012/06/06
Contemporary Labor Resistance in China l989-2009
The Chinese workers developed their first independent organization in the 1989 democratic movement, the BWAF (Beijing Workers’ Autonomous Federation). It had repeatedly tried to persuade, without success, the students to win over the support of the workers and farmers in their fight for democracy. The BWAF was falsely accused for advocating restoration of capitalism in June 1989, when in fact it had called for the defending of public ownership of all state enterprises from the plundering and grafts of the corrupted bureaucrats. Only with the bloody crackdown on the 1989 democratic movement and the BWAF allow the Chinese Communist Party to successfully promoted privatization towards the end of 1990’s. There were anti-privatization struggles throughout China, but too weak to be able to turn around the tide. Partial victories had been achieved among some of the struggles, though. On the other hand, it was also the time when an entire new working class from the rural migrants emerged from the scene, followed by ever rising tide of spontaneous struggles among them.
Au Loong yu, Bai Ruixue
2012/05/29
Joint Statement on Strong Opposition of Contracting out Recreational and Sports Facilities Service in HKUST
Front line contract staff has been informed that their contracts will not be renewed with effective from 30 June and will be transferred to the new appointed contractor instead of directly employed by the university authority. However, not only no concrete commitment on fully employing the whole existing staff team has been made, neither the salary, employment benefits nor any relating details have been mentioned. The recreational and sports facilities service team has no bargaining power nor being involved in the discussion process between the university authority and the contractor, while they are passively suppressed with no leverage in hand, which above all is only a total injustice action. The general contract-out services always fall on those who have the most ‘economic one’ among the bidders, which the cost saved is absolutely a reflection on the exfoliation from the employees. We strongly condemn the university authority of such irresponsible behavior as an unscrupulous employer, and we strongly oppose the contract-out of the student facilities and sports facilities services.
2012/05/28
New signs of hope: Resistance in China today
New signs of hope: Resistance in China today. Au Loong Yu and Bai Ruixue[1] The number of cases of resistance in China continues to grow. Protests both large and small are an…
Au Loong Yu and Bai Ruixue
2012/05/08
Restructuring of the Honda Auto Parts Union in Guongdong, China: A 2-year Assessment of the 2010 Strike
[Editor’s Note: This article concerning the Restructuring of Trade Unions after Honda strike in 2010, is published in the journal Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society (WUSA) Vol. 15, Issue 4]
Rena Lau
2012/04/01
Public movement to boycott the "small circle" method of electing the chief executive
More that thirty groups call for boycott against the "small circle" method of electing the chief executive. They will organize a protest and march to Wan Chai Tower tomorrow. Here is the detail for the protest: Date: 25/3/2012 Time: 10:30am Starting Point: Southom Playground, Wan Chai (near Exit B2 of Wan Chai MTR station)
2012/03/24
From “Master” to “Menial”: State-owned enterprise workers in contemporary China
This essay first looks at “enterprise democracy”, as defined by law, in China, and examines why it has never been genuinely implemented and how this relates to workers’ failure to resist the privatization of their enterprises at the turn of the century. It explores the crippling clauses in the laws, especially those relating to the ACFTU (All China Federation of Trade Unions), which also show the deep hostility of the ruling party towards any sign of autonomous movement from below. It links the party’s lack of incentive to respect the rule of law to the material interests of the ruling bureaucracy, and argues that this can be traced back to Mao’s period. It therefore does not agree with the notion, put forward by some, that the Chinese working class in the state sector was really the “master of the house” in that period. Precisely because of decades of atomization prior to the reform period, workers were left defenseless when the market reform attack started. Although they rose to protest in millions in 1989, the defeat of the movement paved the way for a second wave of attacks on workers, namely the privatization of state owned enterprises. The essay concludes with a debate on the lessons to be learned from the Chinese workers’ demise and the way forward for them.
Au Loong Yu
2011/12/30
“Down with Corruption, Reclaim Our Land” ---Hong Kong Calling for worldwide support for Wukan’s fight for democracy
The following is the petition from several Hong Kong NGOs to support Wukan’s struggle. Please enter the link and sign: In support of the people of Wukan’s struggle for democracy “Down…
2011/12/20
Rural Survey 2008-2010
Rural Survey 2008-2010 This is a survey conducted by the China Labor Study Group and published by Globalization Monitor. In three consecutive year from 2008-2010, the China Labor Study Group…
2011/12/08
Three hundred demonstrators occupied City Center Hong Kong To protest against capitalism
On the global day of action against capitalism, October 15, there were more than 300 people took part in the city centre of Hong Kong to protest against the failure of the system. A wide range of groups and parties joined the event, including Left 21, FM101, student organisations, Anti-nuclear coalition, Lehman Brothers victims,LSD (Link of Social Democrates), People’sPower, Neighborhood and Workers Service Centre etc. A group of young men wearing "V" mask and black clothes were also present.
2011/10/17
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