China Labour Bulletin

CLB Collective Labour Incidents Map

China: 'A decade of change: The workers’ movement in China 2000-2010'

On 8 May, around 1000 shoe factory workers in Dongguan walked out in protest at management plans to cut their monthly bonus from the usual 500 yuan to just 100 yuan. Management refused to talk so one worker posted their grievances on his micro-blog.