China's annual migrant worker survey is out, and, as ever, it's a banger. Just a few of the hits:
1. Migrant employment in the construction sector fell by 6.5 million in 2023, the largest annual decline since the survey started in 2008. 1/

In celebration of International Workers' Day and the generations of struggle for peace and justice, here's a quick thread of #MayDay posters from around the world.

Let's start with a 1973 May Day poster from Czech artist František Kopenec.

Taiwan's hierarchical and rigid culture is a major problem preventing its system from becoming more effective & efficient. Many Taiwanese complain about it, but the older bosses do not want to change. michaelturton's article on this 'chickenshit' culture in Taiwan is important!

🚨New: Inside a small Taiwan city which holds a blueprint for India’s chip dreams

My ground report from Hsinchu and the lessons our promised chip city Dholera can learn from it: beyond tech, the quality of life for people living there. The Indian Express

indianexpress.com/article/techno…

Chinese firms are expanding in South-East Asia
This new business diaspora is younger, better-educated and ambitious
economist.com/asia/2024/04/2…

1/ Our new report is here! In this report. CLB analyses the post-Covid changes in China’s manufacturing industry from a workers’ rights perspective, and introduces how we have begun to interact with stakeholders along the #SupplyChain .
clb.org.hk/en/content/bri…

🚨New: Taiwan chip cos have reservations about India - poor infra, low talent & red tape, which is stopping them from investing in India’s chip push. Taiwan’s foreign minister tells me the sticking points that Delhi should address The Indian Express indianexpress.com/article/techno…

Tata is making big moves with iPhone production in India. It took over Wistron’s plant near Bangalore and now looks poised to take over Pegatron’s iPhone plant near Chennai.

This reminds me of what happened with China’s Luxshare, the exclusive manufacturer of Apple’s Vision Pro.…

Next week, we will commemorate the Rana Plaza collapse: the man-made tragedy in which 1,138 workers were killed & many more injured. 11 years on, progress has been made to make factories safer, but many root causes of the tragedy remain unaddressed. cleanclothes.org/news/2024/11-y… 🧵

The contemporary Ambedkarite voice is not merely a result of blind admiration for its heroes like Phule and Ambedkar. Neither is it a manifestation of crude political miscalculation. It only reveals unexpressed contradictions that are inherent in society.

m.thewire.in/article/caste/…

The 6th edition of our Newsletter, HIMALAYAS PLUS, covering our publications, events & activities of our faculty, during January-February 2024.

For the HTML version as it appears on our website: shorturl.at/CEF19

I wrote about Ahvaan, a series of music sessions by KSSS at labour nakas in the Mumbai, inviting workers to register for the welfare board for construction workers, opening the door to many benefits. The tricky process leaves most out of it.

hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-…

'Despite holding junior positions, former employees of Pinduoduo are facing lawsuits demanding hundreds of thousands of yuan for allegedly violating non-compete agreements.'
clb.org.hk/en/content/tem…

SCOOP:
Pegatron in advanced talks to hand over control of its only iPhone manufacturing facility in India to the Tata Group.

Pegatron to effectively cease independent operations in India.

Tata to take at least 65% stake in Pegatron plant, to take over employees and operations

ZPMC, the Chinese crane maker that's been dubbed 'Huawei of Port Infrastructure' by Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, finally details its answers amid a year's rising public suspicion from the Pentagon, U.S. national security officials, and Congress.

THREAD
pekingnology.com/p/zpmc-rebuts-…