Monday, December 11, 2006
[IWS] CECC: CHINA RULE OF LAW & HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE December 2006 [8December 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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United States Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Senator Chuck Hagel, Chairman | Representative Jim Leach, Co-Chairman
CHINA RULE OF LAW and HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE December 2006 [8December 2006]
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/general/newsletters/CECCnewsletter20061208.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
Among the numerous item covered are --
China's State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) and Ministry of Supervision jointly issued interim provisions on
November 22 that aim to increase accountability for coal mine accidents.
Sun Chunlan, Vice Chair and First Secretary of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), called for the national
union federation to continue efforts to protect the legal rights of migrant workers at an October 15 meeting on migrant
labor, according to an October 16 Legal Daily report (in Chinese).
Provisions on Preventing and Stopping Domestic Violence (the provisions) took effect on November 15, 2006, in Wenzhou
city, Zhejiang province, according to a November 9 Xinhua article.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
United States Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Senator Chuck Hagel, Chairman | Representative Jim Leach, Co-Chairman
CHINA RULE OF LAW and HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE December 2006 [8December 2006]
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/general/newsletters/CECCnewsletter20061208.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
Among the numerous item covered are --
China's State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) and Ministry of Supervision jointly issued interim provisions on
November 22 that aim to increase accountability for coal mine accidents.
Sun Chunlan, Vice Chair and First Secretary of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), called for the national
union federation to continue efforts to protect the legal rights of migrant workers at an October 15 meeting on migrant
labor, according to an October 16 Legal Daily report (in Chinese).
Provisions on Preventing and Stopping Domestic Violence (the provisions) took effect on November 15, 2006, in Wenzhou
city, Zhejiang province, according to a November 9 Xinhua article.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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