Going it alone: report on the state of the workers' movement in China 2007-2008
China’s workers are taking to the streets in ever increasing numbers. Angered by management abuses, and emboldened by the passage of new labour legislation, they are staging strikes, roadblocks and protests to demand the payment of wages in arrears, better working conditions and even the right to set up their own trade union branches. In a new research report published 9 July, China Labour Bulletin looks at how the workers’ movement in China has developed over the last two years, how the government has responded to it, and why the official trade union has been unable or unwilling to play a positive role in it.
available as a 57-page PDF.
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/100507/
Alternatively, listen to CLB’s latest podcast introducing the report.
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/podcasting_list
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AMERICAN WAR ON VIETNAM - INSUBORDINATION !
A US military officer reports on the increasing incidence of insubordination, desertion and rebellion in the US army over the course of the Vietnam War.