“One Year of My Blood”: Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers in Beijing

“One Year of My Blood”

Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers in Beijing

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I. Summary

Methodology

A note on Terminology

II. Background

III. Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers in Beijing

Faulty or Non-Existent Labor Contracts

Unpaid Wages

Substandard Wages

Inadequate food and housing

Unsafe working conditions

Lack of insurance coverage

Denial of basic services linked to China’s household registration, or Hukou, system

IV. Chinese Labor Law

Government mechanisms addressing labor disputes

V. Denial of Independent Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining

VI. Workers’ Rights and Government Obligations under International Law

China’s International Legal Obligations

China’s Membership in the International Labor Organization (ILO)

VII. Recommendations

To the Government of the People’s Republic of China

To the International Olympic Committee

Acknowledgements

March 2008 Volume 20, No. 3(C)