|
China Has Jailed Many
Labor Activists
The UAW and AFL-CIO are fighting for the release of all those in China
who have been jailed for their labor activity. Among them:
|
|
Yao Fuxin
a steelworker at the Liaoyang Steel Rolling Mill was charged with subversion
and sentenced to seven years for leading 2,000 workers from the Ferroally
Factory along with 15,000 workers from five other factories in Liaoyang
in a protest against corruption and unpaid wages and pensions.
|
Xiao Yunliang
a former worker at the Ferroalloy Factory in Liaoyang was charged with
subversion and sentenced to four years imprisonment for his participation
in a workers' demonstration in March 2002. Xiao is reportedly in very
poor health.
|
|
Wang Guoqi
sentenced to 11 years for his work at the Free Labor Union of China. Presently
imprisoned in Beijing No. 2 prison and reportedly very ill.
|
Liu Jingsheng
formerly a worker at Tongyi Chemical Plant who was jailed in 1992 and
sentenced to 15 years.
|
Yue
Tianxiang
sentenced to 10 years for helping workers demand unpaid wages from Tuanshui
Auto Transport Co. and for publishing the newsletter Chinese Workers' Monitor.
|
Hu
Shigen
a professor at the Beijing Languages Institute who was sentenced to 20 years
for organizing the Free Labor Union of China. |
|
Guo Qiqing
a worker at a chemical factory in Hubei got 1 year for leading a demonstration demanding that the company pay back capital borrowed from the workforce. Guo is believed to have been released, but this has not been confirmed.
|
Zhang
Shanguang
a labor activist who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for passing
information to foreign organizations and attempting to set up the Shupu
County Association for the Rights of Laid-off Workers. He reportedly has
been severely beaten and tortured. |
|
Guo Xinmin
sentenced to 2 years for organizing workers seeking unpaid wages from
Tianshui City Transport Co. Guo is believed to have been released, but
this has not been confirmed.
|
Peng Shi
an electrical worker arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for leading
a worker protest at the Hunan Xiangtan Electrical Machinery Plant.
|
|
Liao Shihua
a former worker in the Changsha Auto Electronics Factory and a prominent
labor activist, was formally arrested on July 7, 1999 for "conspiring
to subvert state power" and "assembling a crowd to disrupt traffic."
|
Kang Yuchun
a member of the Free Labor Union China, sentenced to 17 years in prison
on counter-revolution charges. He has been serving since 1992. |
|
Xu Jian
sentenced to four years for providing legal counsel to workers seeking
back pay and filing labor disputes under Chinese law.
|
He Chaohui
a railway worker at the Chenzhou Railway Bureau. He was given a 10 year
sentence in 1999 for illegally providing information to foreign organizations.
|
|
Yao
Guisheng
a former worker at the Hunan Knitting mill, has been serving a 15 year
sentence since 1989.
|
|
|
Labor Rights Now! is a joint project of the the AFL-CIO and the UAW that
campaigns on behalf of jailed trade unionists.
For more information, contact Labor Rights Now!, c/o UAW, 1757 N Street
NW, Washington, DC 20036 or email: labor-rights@igc.org
Next: You Can Help Fight China's Labor Repression
|