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Article

22 Aug 2005

Author:
Dexter Roberts, BusinessWeek

Waking Up To Their Rights - A grassroots movement of activists and lawyers is helping increasingly assertive workers get their due [China]

...[A] network of training centers and legal aid clinics are giving workers support and helping them take thousands of their grievances to the courts each year...There's still only sporadic enforcement of rules on everything from overtime pay to child labor and safe working conditions. [refers to positive steps taken by Apache Footwear (supplier to Adidas), Haier, Nokia]