Does China Permit Worker Rights?

NO.  China today has more labor activists in prison than any other country in the world. There are widespread violations by China of internationally recognized labor rights.

FACT:
Chinese workers have no right to form or join free trade unions.

FACT:
In China, collective bargaining for better wages and working conditions by free unions can't occur.

FACT:
Strikes and democratic labor protests are prohibited in China.

FACT:
More than four million Chinese are in forced labor camps, producing auto parts and other products that often are exported.

FACT:
The U.S. State Department reports that official repression of labor activists in China has worsened in the past few years.