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