Thursday, March 24, 2005

Report on China finds workers' rights violations, but also signs of hope

"A Cornell report that measures workers' rights in China against international labor standards finds such horrendous violations as forced labor, child labor, discrimination against women and rural workers and virtually no freedom of association -- but also small pockets where change is beginning to happen. "Justice for All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in China" is the first comprehensive report on workers' rights in China under the "core labor standards" of the International Labor Organization: freedom of association, nondiscrimination and prohibitions of child labor and forced labor. It was conducted by Lance Compa, an expert on international human rights and senior lecturer at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and a team of Cornell graduate students, including some from the People's Republic of China." Source: Cornell University

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