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Law revised to ensure compulsory education for kids of migrant workers

  BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The draft Amendment to the Compulsory Education Law, which is under review by China's lawmakers, has a special provision to ensure the rights to education for children of migrant workers.

Nearly 80% migrant workers gets no pay in holidays

  BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Seventy-six percent of Chinese migrant workers get no bonuses for working overtime in holidays, said a report by the research center of the State Council.


Migrant workers to get basic job healthcare

  BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government is launching a program to provide basic occupational health services for migrant workers this year.


Trade unions urged to protect rights of migrant workers

  BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Trade unions of all levels should play a better role in protecting rights of migrant workers from rural areas, according to the State Council document. 

People's Daily to echo govt call to protect migrant workers' rights

  BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- People's Daily is to publish an editorial, entitled "The Whole Society Should Care and Protect Rural Labors", on Tuesday, in response to the State Council's call for protecting the rights of migrant workers from the countryside. 

Pilot scheme benefits migrant workers

  BEIJING, April 3 -- Li Caiyun and her husband do not need to worry about expensive hospital bills now their company has joined a local government medical insurance pilot scheme, specially designed for migrant workers.

Wage system protects migrant workers' rights

  BEIJING, March 29 -- The State Council's new call to increase protection of migrant workers' rights is all-inclusive and of far-reaching significance. Better protection of migrant workers will not only facilitate the construction of a new countryside but also help realize social harmony across the country.

Migrant workers get more protection

  BEIJING, March 28 -- Migrant workers' rights should be respected and safeguarded; and discriminatory regulations and systematic obstacles should be removed so that they are treated on par with their urban counterparts, China's cabinet declared yesterday.

Lawmakers call for updating Labor Law for migrant workers

  BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhuanet) -- China's Labor Law adopted 12 years ago should be revised in order to ensure the rights and interests of over 100 million migrant rural workers, Chinese legislators have urged.

Trade unions trying to help migrant workers

  BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhuanet) -- The All-China Federation of Workers' Union has pledged to make greater efforts to help 120 million migrant workers from the countryside, in response to the call by Premier Wen Jiabao in his government report to the ongoing parliamentary session.

Migrant workers encouraged by Premier's commitment of more heed

  CHENGDU, March 7 (Xinhuanet) -- The commitment made by Premier Wen Jiabao in his government work report delivered on Sunday that the problems of migrant workers would draw more attention has been met with optimism.

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