Guiyang’s Casualized Train Attendants Fight Back

Guiyang’s Casualized Train Attendants Fight Back

Part Four in a series of translations from the independent workers’ newsletter Railroad Workers Bulletin (铁路工人通讯). For background see the “Prologue” to issue #1, “Tales of Rights Defense” and “Farewell, Director!” Below is a...
“Farewell, Director!” from Railroad Workers Bulletin #1

“Farewell, Director!” from Railroad Workers Bulletin #1

Part Three in a series of translations from the independent workers’ newsletter Railroad Workers Bulletin (铁路工人通讯). For background see the “Prologue” to issue #1 and “Tales of Rights Defense.” Below is a translation of “Farewell,...
Railroad Workers Bulletin — Prologue to Issue #1

Railroad Workers Bulletin — Prologue to Issue #1

Railroad Workers Bulletin (铁路工人通讯) is an independent periodical produced by and for Chinese railroaders since last summer (2015), with the aim of promoting communication and “mutual aid” among railroad workers of all categories in the face of the...
Echoes of Chengdu’s Tian’anmen

Echoes of Chengdu’s Tian’anmen

Image via Louisa Lim/NPR. “Around Tianfu Square, buses were burning, fire was set to police cars as well. The riots in Chengdu, you don’t know about that?” I was puzzled when, about two months ago, a cab driver started talking to me about the protests in...
Bicycle couriers in China’s own “logistics revolution”

Bicycle couriers in China’s own “logistics revolution”

Image from 浙江在线. Translation by Chuang of《快递员可以有多惨?》(How bad can it get for couriers?) by 林海, from the 工业区观察 (Industrial Zone Observer) WeChat feed, April 6, 2016. (Original Chinese reposted below.) With the decline of exports and manufacturing over the past few...