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		<title>About the Development of Labour NGOs - Letter to the Provincial Government of Guangdong and the Municipal Government of Shenzhen</title>
		<link>http://www.workerempowerment.org/en/updates/61</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of academics in China wrote an open letter to the provincial government of Guangdong, in regard to recent NGO crackdown in Shenzhen and to urge for the realisation of social construction in the province.]]></description>
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		<title>Petition Letter: Please confirm the legitimate work of NGOs and support their continued development</title>
		<link>http://www.workerempowerment.org/en/updates/55</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of Hong Kong-based trade unions and NGOs support their counterparts in China.]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomberg BNA: Labor NGOs Face Tough Times in Guangdong; Group Alleges Child Labor, Corruption in Factory Audits (16-8-2012)</title>
		<link>http://www.workerempowerment.org/en/updates/46</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg BNA reports on the NGO crackdown in Guangdong.]]></description>
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		<title>Labour NGO crackdown in Shenzhen (latest update: 25-9-2012)</title>
		<link>http://www.workerempowerment.org/en/updates/36</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent months, a number of grassroot labour NGOs in Shenzhen have been facing crackdown in different degrees. Dagongzhe Centre, Worker Empowerment’s partner organisation in Shenzhen, was forced to move by the landlord in April 2012, and was cut water and electricity supply for 2 months. After several attempts of petition by the staff and supportive workers, the centre did not manage to stay and resorted to move to a new location in July 2012.

Apart from Dagongzhe centre, 6 other labour NGOs have been facing similar situations. This does not comply with the new policy direction of social management boosted in Guangdong in recent years. The dim future of civil society development in Guangdong has aroused concern from both domestic and overseas media, and reports in English include the following –]]></description>
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		<title>SCMP: Guangdong shuts down at least seven labour NGOs (27-7-2012)</title>
		<link>http://www.workerempowerment.org/en/updates/32</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South China Morning Post reports on labour NGO crackdown in Shenzhen in recent months.]]></description>
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		<title>Community report: Occupational Safety and Health in China</title>
		<link>http://www.workerempowerment.org/en/updates/26</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 06:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following community report, which discusses the conditions of occupational safety and health in China and NGOs' strategies to tackle the problems, was first presented in the annual meeting of Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational and Environmental Victims (ANROEV) in India in November 2011, by representatives from Labour Education and Service Network (LESN) and Worker Empowerment (WE).]]></description>
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		<title>Two Years to Fight for a Fair Trial and Verdict for Huang Qingnan and Shenzhen Worker Centre, China</title>
		<link>http://www.workerempowerment.org/en/newsletter/24</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Summary of the  China Labour Contract Law Implementation Survey, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.workerempowerment.org/en/newsletter/19</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ongoing violations after the implementation of  Labour Contract Law in China</title>
		<link>http://www.workerempowerment.org/en/newsletter/18</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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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&#8217; rights
-         Calling the government to monitor the law implementation and enforce severely
 
Wrote by Shenzhen Dagongzhe Migrant Worker Centre
Translated by Workers Empowerment and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demand for fair and open trial  International and Hong Kong Civil Community watch the assault  on the legal person of Dagongzhe Centre</title>
		<link>http://www.workerempowerment.org/en/updates/17</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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