Worker Empowerment

Worker Empowerment  E-newsletter issue 12/2009
30thDecember, 2009
WE-News:
Two Years to Fight for a Fair Trial and Verdict for Huang Qingnan and Shenzhen Worker Centre, China
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It has been two years since China labor activist Huang Qingnan almost lost his leg to an attack on 20 November 2007. The founder person of the Dagongzhe Migrant Worker Centre (hereafter DGZ) [...]

The first survey on the implementation of China’s Labour Contract Law (LCL) in the Pearl River Delta region (PRD) was conducted by Dagongzhe Centre (DGZ) in April 2008. The DGZ conducted a follow up survey from 17 April to 20 May 2009. The survey this time extended the geographical coverage to Yangtze River Delta region [...]

12th June, 2009
New ongoing violations after the implementation of
Labour Contract Law in China
-         Calling workers to learn the labour legislations actively
-         Calling the society to pay close attention on workers’ rights
-         Calling the government to monitor the law implementation and enforce severely
 
Wrote by Shenzhen Dagongzhe Migrant Worker Centre
Translated by Workers Empowerment and [...]

Press Release
2008.12.24
Demand for fair and open trialInternational and Hong Kong Civil Community watch the assault on the legal person of Dagongzhe Centre 
Around 15 representatives of international and Hong Kong labour and civil organizations were packed in the Shenzhen Longgang People’s Court for the hearing of Huang Qingnan’s attack case. The attendees showed the full [...]

 
Mr. Xu Zhong Heng Mayor of Shenzhen City,
Mr. Liu Yu Pu, Secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee
Mr. Deng Lian Ji, President, Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court
Mr. Bai Xin Chao. Procurator-General, Shenzhen People’s Procuratorate of Shenzhen City Court
 
 
7 November 2008
Stop the Violence— Defend Labour Rights
Lawful and Harsh Sentence to Assailants who attacked Labour [...]

Updates on the Violent Attack to HuangDagongzhe Centre Relocated and Returns to Routine Operation

Half year after the horrible attacks to Huang Qing-nan and the Shenzhen Dagongzhe Migrant Worker Centre (hereafter DGZ Centre), which is the close partner of Worker Empowerment (hereafter WE), WE will be in full support to its programmes, and striving for a return to [...]

25th February, 2008.
Dear friends and groups all over the world,
Warm greeting from Shenzhen!
Since the violent attacks that targeted the Dagongzhe Migrant Worker Centre and me on October and November last year, we have gained a lot of support from friends and groups all over the world. We are so grateful to have your support in [...]

Condemnation against continued violence directed at a Shenzhen labour group:A joint statement from Hong Kong & International civil organizations
In the recent weeks, we, a group of Hong Kong groups and unions who cover labour issues in
China have learned of a series of violent attacks on a labour group and its legal person in Shenzhen. [...]

Worker’s View on new Labour Contract Law & Research on Furniture Industry in Pearl Delta Area

Worker Empowerment E-newsletter (issue 1/2007)
24 April, 2007
WE-News: Highlight of Present Labour Rights Situation in South China

Probe
Research on the Labour Situation of Migrant Workers in the Construction Sector of ShenzhenAmong the large population of migrant workers who have come from poor rural areas and have gone to Shenzhen for job opportunities, quite a number of them [...]