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Seeking a better life for their families, Chinese workers in Britain find exploitation, abuse and crime

Tue, 06/10/2008 - 16:33 — Geoff
Geoff's blog4:33 pm June 10 2008

 “From the hell that is China, workers travel to the hell that is the undocumented person’s Britain.”

Catch the Flame

Thu, 03/20/2008 - 12:49 — clb
clb's blog12:49 pm March 20 2008

CLB whole heartedly endorses the Catch the Flame initiative launched today by Play Fair 2008.

Catch the Flame is a virtual torch relay supported by a global alliance of trade unions, non-governmental organizations, labour groups and concerned individuals, designed to draw attention to the maltreatment and exploitation of workers in the merchandise industry of the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008), Vancouver (Winter 2010) and London (2012).

A field guide to China's "low cost" factories

Thu, 03/13/2008 - 15:44 — clb
clb's blog3:44 pm March 13 2008
If you really want to know why your DVD player costs just US$30, and that T-shirt retails at under US$3, you should read The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage by former Financial Times journalist Alexandra Harney.
 

An invaluable insight into the labour movement in Guangdong

Thu, 01/10/2008 - 11:54 — Geoff
Geoff's blog11:54 am January 10 2008

The violent attack in November on Shenzhen labour activist Huang Qingnan focused international attention, albeit briefly, on the labour movement in southern China.

Introducing our new website

Wed, 12/12/2007 - 14:21 — Geoff
Geoff's blog2:21 pm December 12 2007
China Labour Bulletin finally enters the Twenty-first Century today with our first blog.
 
The blog will be written by different members of staff, and will update readers on our own particular areas of interest. I’m Geoffrey Crothall, editor of the English language website, and in this inaugural blog, I’ll try to explain the ideas behind our website’s redesign and the plans we have for future content.
 

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