China Labour Bulletin Weekly Roundup No. 18 Article mis en ligne le 23 août 2006 dernière modification le 21 août 2006 Hubei Community Teachers Launch Major Civil Rights Campaign Second Wal-Mart union establishedA group of 42 employees in Shenzhen have established the second Chinese trade union in Wal-Mart, just one week after the first one was set up in Fujian province, according to official media. 18 miners die in gas leak accidentEighteen miners were killed in a coal mine gas leak accident in Ningwu county, Shanxi Province, according to Xinhua. The report said a collapse occurred in the ground within the mining area of Dahuiyao Coal Mine in Ningwu county at noon on 4 August which caused a fire. Wal-Mart gets first trade union, official reports say Thirty employees at a Wal-Mart store in Fujian voted to form a trade union last Saturday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The report said a 29-year-old employee, Ke Yunlong, was elected chairman of the seven-member committee of the trade union at a Wal-Mart store in Quanzhou, Fujian Province in southeastern China. More than 1,000 workers riot at factory producing toys for McDonald’s, US-based labour rights group reports Beijing KFC accused of unfair employment system<br> Hundreds of former bank employees protest over redundancies Village children missing, believed kidnapped climbs to 20 Rural migrant worker sets himself on fire on Tiananmen Square