2026-11-09
On November 9, a large number of workers and distributors gathered in front of the Suzhou Dreame Technology Park to defend their rights. Megaphones at the scene played slogans such as "Dreame, return our blood-and-sweat money," accusing Dreame of maliciously withholding the wages of migrant workers who decorated the stores, leaving them unable to maintain their livelihoods.
2026-11-09
On November 9, taxi drivers in Xi'an gathered outside their company to demand unpaid wages, with a large number of police deployed to the scene for stability maintenance.
2026-11-06
On November 6, a netizen in Henan posted multiple videos alleging that China Chemical Engineering Third Construction Co., Ltd. is in arrears and refusing to pay workers' wages at the Baotou Xinte Silicon project in Inner Mongolia; the netizen discovered they had been blocked after sending messages demanding payment to the company's official account.
2026-11-06
On November 6, a driver from Xi'an Xigao Bus Co., Ltd. posted a video stating that the company had not paid wages for half a year and had stopped paying medical insurance. He said he had no money for food and announced he would no longer drive, receiving support from many netizens.
2026-11-05
A public institution employee in Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, submitted a report stating that after civil service salary adjustments in 2022, the compensation for public institution staff was not adjusted simultaneously. Various bonuses totaling about 160,000 RMB from 2022 to 2025, and routine assessment awards totaling about 50,000 RMB for over thirty months from December 2023 to June 2026, have not been paid, leaving them with only a basic monthly salary of 3,000 to 4,000 RMB.
2026-11-05
On November 5, a netizen posted an exposure about a bar in Wuhan, Hubei, owing several cleaning ladies months of wages. The ladies, unable to write, could only send voice messages in the operations group to demand their pay, saying they were waiting to pay their rent. The poster stated that most of the ladies are from out of town, work extremely long hours, and that they are speaking out on their behalf.
2026-11-04
Public institution staff in Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, reported to the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration that since 2022, the district party committee and district government have been in arrears with performance-based wages and policy-based bonuses for thousands of employees across the district, with an average cumulative debt of approximately 210,000 yuan per person. They requested that the case be placed under supervision and that the arrears be paid within a specified time limit.
2026-11-04
On November 4, a large number of employees at Ningbo Wan'ai Electric Co., Ltd. in Zhejiang staged a collective protest at the factory gate to demand unpaid wages. During the protest, one worker collapsed and remained unresponsive.
2026-11-03
On November 3, dozens of workers at Fujian Jinjiang Shuangchang Shoe Materials Co., Ltd. climbed to the top of the factory area to protest collectively due to unpaid wages, demanding that the company pay their overdue salaries.
2026-11-03
On November 3, a netizen in Yancheng, Jiangsu, posted a video claiming that the FAW Yancheng branch had defaulted on employee wages and laid off staff. Employees gathered at the factory gate to defend their rights, with multiple police cars and SWAT police vehicles present at the scene. The netizen who posted the video stated that they were owed two months' wages and that the company had laid off employees during a leave period without prior notice.
2026-11-03
On November 3, a woman in Inner Mongolia took her child to demand unpaid wages from China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau No. 2, was driven away, and subsequently posted a video accusing the company of wage arrears.
2026-11-03
On November 3, employees of "Mango Shared E-bikes" at Wuhan University posted that they had been owed three to four months of wages. They stated that leaders would not answer their calls or reply to messages, and the rights defense post was deleted shortly after it was published.
2026-11-03
The Xiangwen platform made public the reply from the human resources and social security department of Yueyanglou District regarding a wage complaint filed by an employee of a Yueyang Daily subsidiary. The reply stated that statutory employee claims enjoy priority repayment and advised the employees to seek rights protection through the bankruptcy administrator, without mentioning investigation results or the reissue date for wages. The page showed the matter as processed.
2026-11-02
On November 2, Wendao High School in Huailai County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, shut down its cafeteria and suspended operations due to unpaid wages for teachers and cafeteria staff, forcing most students to return home. Many parents went to the school to defend their rights, demanding that students' normal classes be guaranteed and calling for intervention from relevant departments, with only 200 days left until the gaokao.
Location: Huailai County, Zhangjiakou ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-11-02
On November 2, dozens of migrant workers from the Shui'an Mingju project in Xixian New Area, Shaanxi, went to demand unpaid wages. They stated that the project was constructed by China Chemical City Investment Co., Ltd., and that wages have been in arrears for a year and remain unpaid.
Location: Xixian New Area, Shaanxi ·
Importance II ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-11-02
On November 2, Zhongshan Yuantian Orthopedic Hospital in Guangdong announced that it had suspended all medical services and operations starting October 30. Following the suspension, multiple employees gathered at the hospital entrance to demand unpaid wages. A netizen claiming to be a medical supplier commented that the hospital still owes them tens of thousands of yuan in unpaid invoices.
2026-11-02
On November 2, Chongqing Jiangjin Hotel owed wages, and multiple employees lay or sat in the hotel's internal hallway and outside the main entrance to defend their rights and demand unpaid wages.
2026-11-02
According to Chinese media reports on November 2, part-time employees at Bona Film Group cinemas in Guangzhou and Zhongshan, Guangdong, reported that their September wages were delayed and posted about demanding unpaid wages on social media; two interviewed employees confirmed that the arrears were paid on October 30.
2026-11
A factory in Jiangxi forcibly deducted workers' wages for two consecutive months without any explanation, causing wages to drop to 2,500 yuan and triggering protests.
2026-10-31
On October 31, multiple workers at the CCCC "Lianfa Heyue Dongfang" project construction site in Chengzhong District, Liuzhou City, Guangxi, used vehicles to block the construction gate to defend their rights. A loudspeaker at the scene played a loop of "CCCC Third Harbor Engineering, pay back our hard-earned money."
2026-10-31
On October 31, workers at the Binjiang Hecheng project in Zunyi, Guizhou, won their lawsuit for unpaid wages in both the first and second instances. However, the engineering department refused to fulfill the payment obligation, and coordination by multiple departments yielded no results. Some workers blocked the project's construction gate with vehicles to demand their wages.
2026-10-31
On October 31, at the sales office lobby of "Huafa Zhuhai Bay" in Zhuhai, Guangdong, multiple construction workers sat by the sand table to demand unpaid wages.
2026-10-30
On October 30, multiple coal miners at Chuxin Mining in Bijie City, Guizhou Province, clashed during a demand for unpaid wages, leaving one person collapsed on the ground.
2026-10-29
On October 29, staff at the Yaoshan Scenic Area in Pingdingshan, Henan, went on strike due to unpaid wages. The scenic area was unable to open normally, buses stopped operating, and the entrance was blocked, leaving a large number of tourists stranded at the gate. Tourists stated that no prior notice of the closure had been issued.
2026-10-29
On October 29, a Douyin influencer posted two notices from Yucai School in Pingyin County, Jinan, Shandong, dated October 27: due to loan approval failure and tight funds, June wages were delayed, and wages for May and June would be combined and paid at the end of November; social security and medical insurance for all staff would be terminated starting this month. The influencer claimed the school had not paid social security for 33 months, teachers had been legally demanding unpaid wages for two months, and many were forced to resign.
2026-10-29
On October 29, a netizen posted a video accusing the Hulunbuir Army Border Defense Force border project (Heimeng project), for which the CSCEC Sixth Division is the general contractor, of long-term wage arrears for migrant workers since construction began in 2020. The project has long been completed, but workers have repeatedly failed to receive their pay and are now speaking out online, pleading with the competent authorities to supervise the matter.
2026-10-28
On October 28, a large number of employees from the Zhongjian Magnesite Brick Company in Dashiqiao, Yingkou, Liaoning, gathered in front of the municipal government building to demand the payment of unpaid wages and social security contributions, with a large police presence on-site.
2026-10-28
On October 28, workers from Zhongjian Magnesite Brick in Dashiqiao, Yingkou, Liaoning Province, gathered at the plaza in front of the city government to demand unpaid wages and defend their rights, as the company had failed to pay wages for 15 months and social security contributions for 19 months. A large number of police and SWAT police stood in lines to guard the scene for stability maintenance.
2026-10-28
On October 28, in Guangzhou, Guangdong, the Baiyun New Energy Storage Industrial Park (Phase I) project of China Railway No. 2 Engineering Group Co., Ltd. was in arrears for construction payments. Although the building has been topped out, the payments remain unpaid. Multiple rights defenders blocked the gate of the project department with their vehicles.
2026-10-28
On October 28, in Handan, Hebei, the project management department of the Hanma Connecting Line project under China Railway No. 3 Engineering Group Co., Ltd. faced protests as rights defenders parked vehicles with 'pay back the debt' slogans outside the project department gate for several consecutive days due to unpaid wages.
2026-10-26
Teachers from a public school in Zunhua, Tangshan, Hebei, went to the city's Education Bureau to block the entrance and demand unpaid wages after long-term salary arrears. A large number of police were present to maintain stability.
2026-10-26
On October 26, several teachers from a public school in Zunhua City, Tangshan, Hebei, collectively went to the west gate of the Zunhua Education Bureau to block it and defend their rights after being owed wages for a long time. Several teachers sat on the ground, and police and security personnel were present to maintain stability.
Location: Zunhua City, Tangshan ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-10-24
Multiple workers said they are owed money by the Digital Art Industry-Education Base of Henan Vocational Academy of Art. Although they had won their lawsuits, they had not received the owed payments for a year, so they laid red banners reading "Return the Hard-Earned Blood Money of Migrant Workers" at the school gate to defend their rights.
2026-10-23
On October 23, a netizen posted a video claiming that the boss of Fujian Jinjiang Burì Shoe Industry Co., Ltd. was suspected of fleeing after owing wages, with large numbers of workers gathering to demand payment. Police arrived to maintain order. One worker said they had not received a single cent in wages, while another netizen said wages had not been paid for several months.
2026-10-22
On October 22, Tai'an Electric Power Installation Co., Ltd. in Baoding, Hebei was accused of owing wages to multiple workers totaling 280,000 yuan, with arrears spanning five or six years; the workers unfurled banners in front of the company to defend their rights.
2026-10-22
On October 22, several workers in Rong County, Sichuan, took to the streets holding signs reading “Where is justice? Give us back our hard-earned money” to defend their rights, accusing Rong County Xinding Ceramics Co., Ltd. of withholding payments. They said three bosses had long refused to answer calls or reply on WeChat, and pleaded with the relevant authorities to intervene.
2026-10-22
A subsidiary of the Yueyang Daily Media Group in Hunan entered bankruptcy liquidation in November 2025. It negotiated the termination of labor relations with three employees but has yet to pay a total of 50,000 yuan in owed wages and severance compensation. Before the 2026 Spring Festival, the company arranged funds to repay some external debts, but employees were repeatedly told by Yueyang Daily leadership that there were no funds available.
2026-10-21
Workers at the CSCEC Second Division's Huangdao project in Qingdao climbed to the roof to demand 600,000 yuan in unpaid wages; on the same day, construction workers in Shantou also climbed to a rooftop for rights defense.
2026-10-21
On October 21, in Qingdao, Shandong, the "Ocean Vitality Zone" project of the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) Second Engineering Division in Huangdao District has failed to pay over 600,000 yuan in wages to several interior plasterers since the project's completion at the end of 2024, leading multiple workers to climb to the roof to threaten suicide in order to demand their unpaid wages.
2026-10-21
On October 21, several employees of Zhuimi Fengxing Intelligent Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Pinghu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang gathered inside a warehouse to demand unpaid wages and defend their rights. The employees at the scene accused the company of being in arrears on wages for as long as five months.
2026-10-21
On October 21, several workers in Lingui District, Guilin, Guangxi who are owed wages by Xinglin Chengtou held banners outside the company's door to defend their rights. The banners bore slogans such as "You owe money and won't pay, with no regard for whether others live or die," and they accused the company of lying flat and failing to act in resolving its debt.
2026-10-21
On October 21, in Jinping District, Shantou City, Guangdong, several people suspected of being involved in a dispute over unpaid wages climbed to the edge of a rooftop near the local government to defend their rights.
2026-10-21
On October 21, several workers involved in a marine ecological restoration project in Yingkou, Liaoning, publicly filed a real-name report against the contractor, China Communications Construction Port & Waterway Bureau, for withholding their wages for five months, saying that after repeated complaints the relevant leaders kept passing the buck, so they publicly called on netizens to share the post and push for a resolution.
2026-10-20
Changsha Unicom employees wearing red vests blocked an entrance to demand money, while workers at Guangxi Tianyang Nanhua Paper Industry shouted slogans at the factory gate to demand compensation.
2026-10-20
On October 20, outside the China Unicom office in Changsha, Hunan, multiple employees wearing red vests printed with the words “Unicom,” “Pay back the money,” and “Demand unpaid wages” gathered to defend their rights. They ate boxed meals on site and insisted on protesting, demanding that the leaders come out and resolve the issue. Commenters posted screenshots of their low pay to show support.
2026-10-20
On October 20, the "Zhangshang University" platform under Hangzhou Xinmai Technology was accused of collecting high service fees on the promise of a "guaranteed minimum sales volume," then failing to perform, delaying refunds indefinitely, and owing wages to internal employees and campus agents. Large numbers of people gathered at the company's premises to defend their rights, and victimized merchants issued a petition urging regulators to investigate severely.
2026-10-20
On October 20, at the entrance of the Wanda Plaza construction site in Zhuozhou, Baoding, Hebei, a group of workers gathered to demand unpaid wages and defend their rights, with some parking cars and trucks at the entrance to block the gate.
2026-10-20
On October 20, the "Aerospace City Libang Rose Block" project of Xi'an Construction in Xi'an, Shaanxi was accused of withholding migrant workers' wages. On the day of handover, many workers gathered outside the project's gate holding banners reading "Give Us Our Hard-Earned Money" to protest and defend their rights.
2026-10-20
On October 20, Zhejiang Jujiang Construction Group Co., Ltd. was accused of withholding workers' wages. After several workers went to the company to demand their unpaid wages without success, they laid out bedding outside the company gate and slept on the ground in a rights-defense protest.
2026-10-19
On October 19, several workers in Zhejiang, China, smashed the tiles they had already laid after failing to receive payment for their tiling work and getting nowhere in their demand for unpaid wages.
2026-10-19
On October 19, at a project site in Qujiang, Xi'an, Shaanxi, undertaken by Zhongtian Construction, several construction workers held banners to demand unpaid wages, playing through a loudspeaker "Shame on those who withhold wages, give us back our hard-earned money." Workers said they had been owed three months' wages, and their wage demands had been repeatedly delayed.
2026-10-19
On October 19, the "Longfor Future Eye Yunhe Song" project in Chang'an District, Xi'an, Shaanxi was withholding project payments, and several workers held up banners at the project site in a rights-defense protest.
2026-10-19
On October 19, several workers in Zhejiang posted videos saying they had not received payment after completing tiling work. After their attempts to demand unpaid wages failed, they collectively smashed the tiles they had already laid.
2026-10-17
Between 2022 and 2025, Hunan Zhonghuilu and its subsidiaries long owed workers more than 5 million yuan in labor remuneration, and have failed to pay social insurance in accordance with the law since 2021. After labor arbitration and litigation, the effective rulings have still not been carried out; the enterprises are accused of maliciously transferring assets to evade enforcement, and some workers are living in hardship.
2026-10-16
According to netizen submissions and documents from the Pingjiang County Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, from 2022 to 2025 Zhonghuilv and its subsidiaries owed at least 127 employees over 6 million yuan in labor remuneration, and have paid no social insurance since 2021. After labor arbitration and litigation, the effective ruling has still not been carried out to date. Employees pursued rights defense through subdistrict coordination, labor inspection complaints, compulsory enforcement and other channels, and the handling of the case has exceeded the deadline by over 3 months with no feedback.
2026-10-16
On October 16, over unpaid wages, multiple workers gathered at the site of the project management department of the China Railway 15th Bureau's Guangxi Wuxiang Grain Reserve Depot grain storage facility construction project to defend their rights and demand their pay. The workers said this was their fourth visit and warned that if the company continued to ignore them, the company would be responsible for any subsequent problems.
2026-10-16
On October 16, outside the property service center of Hailunbao Yuelongwan in Bazhou, Langfang, Hebei, two workers sat at the entrance, holding loudspeakers and unfurling a banner to publicly demand unpaid wages.
2026-10-16
On October 16, several workers on the "Jintongju" project, built by Henan Guangjian, drove trucks to block the project gate to demand unpaid wages after their pay was withheld, and during the process they got into a physical altercation with project staff.
2026-10-16
Recently a man posted a video complaining about the push to enroll in social insurance, saying he had repeatedly encountered bosses who failed to pay wages, had already been to arbitration three or four times, and had to recover even 200 yuan in wages through arbitration. Working in self-media with a monthly salary of only 2000 yuan, he was still criticized by his boss for being too expensive, and he asked in return how he is supposed to pay social insurance without money.
2026-10-15
On October 15, dozens of road maintenance workers wearing "Renrenjie" vests in Qianxi County, Tangshan, Hebei, gathered in front of the county transport bureau, saying they had been owed nearly six months of wages. After trying to demand payment for three or four months without success, they demanded to resolve the matter face-to-face with officials.
2026-10-15
On October 15, unpaid wages at Boyuan Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Baoding, Hebei sparked a wage-demanding rights defense by workers. Several employees hung banners at the company entrance and used loudspeakers to publicly demand their unpaid wages.
2026-10-15
On October 15, Cambodian media outlet CamboJA published an investigative report in which several construction workers at the "Peninsula Bay" project in Sihanoukville said their wages had been repeatedly delayed in recent months. One plasterer said that after August wages went unpaid, workers sat at the gate of the site and refused to start work before they finally got paid; China State Construction serves as the general contractor.
2026-10-14
On October 14, according to information posted by netizens, Desay SV Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd. in Chengdu, Sichuan, owes payments for engineering materials and migrant workers' wages, and several people involved went to the company's entrance to hold banners and defend their rights.
2026-10-14
On October 14, at China Construction Seventh Engineering Bureau in Henan, wages were in arrears. Several workers went to the construction site to defend their rights and demand their unpaid wages. On-site video shows some workers lying directly on the ground in front of the entrance to the office building to express their protest.
2026-10-14
On October 14, workers at the CCCC Construction Group's Bailu West Tower project in Xiamen, Fujian, held banners to defend their rights due to unpaid wages. They had previously attempted to demand their wages multiple times without success. At the scene, some individuals obstructed filming and demanded the deletion of photos and videos.
2026-10-13
On October 13, Hengtong Industry and Trade Company in Hanjiang District, Putian, Fujian, owed wages, and dozens of its employees took turns showing up to demand payment. Some netizens in the comments section said that Putian is notorious for being hard to get money out of.
2026-10-13
On October 13, a netizen in Xinjiang posted a video from a construction site wearing a hard hat, saying that because his boss owes him wages he has no ability to pay social insurance, that he is making a living hauling bricks, promising to pay the arrears as soon as he receives his wages, and calling on the relevant parties to stop pressing him.
2026-10-12
After a fire at the Zhaoxing Electroplating Environmental Protection Industrial Park in Jinli Town, Zhaoqing, compensation remains unresolved and workers are owed wages; hundreds of workers jointly blocked the local government on October 12.
2026-10-12
On October 12, a netizen posted a video exposing that the Zulijian company in Zhengzhou, Henan, owes wages and social insurance to more than 300 employees. Large numbers of employees gathered in the company's office area for collective rights defense, shouting "Pay our wages."
2026-10-10
Employees of the 12345 government service hotline in Bazhong, Sichuan, have had their wages withheld. Netizens reported that their July and August salaries have been long overdue, with monthly pay of only just over 2,000 yuan, drawing attention.
2026-10-08
Hundreds of workers at Fengrun Textile in Fengxian County, Jiangsu, went to the company to collectively demand their unpaid wages, only to find that their access cards had been deactivated. They suspect the company is on the verge of collapse and is using the National Day holiday to evade compensation, and police arrived at the scene and demanded that the videos be deleted.
2026-10-08
On October 8, Fengcheng Salt Chemical in Xuzhou, Jiangsu suspended production and granted time off due to business conditions starting October 1. Large numbers of workers gathered outside the plant to defend their rights over wages, social insurance and other issues. Police and SWAT officers arrived at the scene, and nearby roads were closed.
2026-10-08
On October 8, the Bazhong Business Environment and Data Bureau responded that the claim of "frequent wage delays" is untrue, and that the delay was actually caused by late settlement at China Telecom's Bazhong branch. August wages were paid in full by the end of September, and July wages are promised to be paid in mid-October.
2026-10-08
On October 8, several contractors at the Yuanda SOHO development in Changchun, Jilin Province, staged a banner protest at the entrance of the property's marketing center, demanding payment, as the developer, Changchun Yuanda Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., still owed construction funds two years after the handover of the units.
2026-10-06
On October 6, in Langfang, Hebei, the Shijingyuan project of China State Construction Sixth Bureau owed migrant workers their wages. A large number of workers went to the project office to sleep on the floor and demand their unpaid wages, waiting for the wage issue to be resolved.
2026-10-03
On October 3, the boss of a factory in Zhejiang was suspected of fleeing. Workers called the police and went to the factory to try to demand wages that had been owed for several months, but they did not know who to turn to. Some coworkers said they had installed cameras at their workstations at their own expense, so that they could call the police immediately if anything happened and prevent the boss from running away.
2026-10
The Smart Commerce Cold-Chain Logistics Park project in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi, has long been in arrears on migrant workers' wages and project payments since 2024, and has still not paid up. Recently, a netizen exposed the matter by posting a video.
2026-10
A factory arranged a holiday of more than ten days. Ten workers, worried something might go wrong, stood guard by the factory 24 hours a day. On the second day of the holiday they caught the boss bringing people in to move things out. They subsequently received their wages, while the other workers on leave did not.
2026-09-30
On September 30, 2026, internet user Ji Yichen published a post publicly raising four demands, specifically: requiring the Longhua Road Police Station to return the 12,000 yuan he was forced to pay; investigating the demolition compensation issue in Longsha District; demanding that the Fifth Company of China Railway 19th Bureau Group pay nearly 2 million yuan in project payments owed to his family; and restoring the reputation of his grandfather Ji Dexiang, a revolutionary army veteran. He stated that he does not want privileges, only fairness.
2026-09-30
From late September to October, several community grid workers in Henan posted on Xiaohongshu to report that their wages had not arrived, social security and housing provident fund contributions had not been implemented, and they were still required to take duty during the National Day holiday. Some said they planned to resign. Relevant notices stated that wages could not be issued before the holiday and promised full payment after the holiday.
2026-09-29
On September 29, Beijing Yezhi Feng Nuohua Home Decoration Group Co., Ltd. was in arrears on wages, and multiple workers traveled from other regions to the company's headquarters to defend their rights and demand their unpaid pay.
2026-09-28
On September 28, the Fujian project of CCCC First Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. was in arrears on wages, and multiple workers collectively went to the project management office to defend their rights and demand unpaid wages.
2026-09-28
On September 28, at the China Railway 12 Bureau Laolongxi No. 2 Tunnel project in Anhua County, Yiyang, Hunan, wages were in arrears, and several workers drove vehicles to block the tunnel in demand of their unpaid wages.
2026-09-24
On September 24, after China Minmetals MCC Construction failed to pay wages owed to the "Buluo" flooring team's workers in Wuhan, a group of workers went together to the project office entrance and demanded their unpaid wages by banging gongs and drums.
2026-09-24
On September 24, after Hebei Lanniao Furniture Co., Ltd. failed to pay wages, employees went together to the factory gate and hung banners to demand their unpaid wages.
2026-09-24
On September 24, workers at the Hebei Changli County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital project, undertaken by Qinhuangdao Remote Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., protested wage arrears. Multiple workers held banners reading "Return Our Blood and Sweat Money" and went to the project site entrance and the Second Hospital of Changli County to collectively demand their wages.
2026-09-24
On September 24, at the entrance of the Lianfa Plaza office building on Luyin Road, Honggutan District, Nanchang, Jiangxi, several migrant workers held up a banner reading "Lianfa Group owes migrant workers' wages, give us back our hard-earned money," and raised slogans saying that the rights defense would not stop until the project payment arrived in the account.
2026-09-23
On September 23, dozens of workers at Hongxing Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Xingtai, Hebei hung banners at the factory gate to demand unpaid wages, saying the controlling listed company, Shanzi Hi-Tech, had failed to pay wages and stopped paying social insurance contributions, leading some employees to be forced to terminate their labor contracts.
2026-09-23
On September 23, 2026, multiple workers in Chongyang County, Xianning City, Hubei Province, held banners outside the gate of Hubei Huadian Fuxin Chongyang New Energy Co., Ltd. to demand unpaid wages.
2026-09-21
On September 21, because Shandong China Construction Traffic Engineering Co., Ltd. owed migrant workers' wages, multiple workers went to the company to hang banners for rights defense and demanding unpaid wages.
2026-09-22
On September 22, multiple construction workers at Hong Kong International Airport hung banners to protest five months of unpaid wages, with banners reading slogans such as "Sweat delivered, no pay received."
2026-09-22
Guangdong Foshan Jinting Communication (Machinery) Co., Ltd. was exposed for defaulting on a total of 4 million yuan in wages for all employees. Multiple employees hung banners and lay on the ground at the company entrance to protest and demand unpaid wages.
2026-09-21
On September 21, multiple workers gathered to defend their rights at the Shenzhen JD.com headquarters project. Workers stated that the construction party and general contractor, Shanghai Baoye, unilaterally canceled their access cards and demanded they leave the site before settling payments. Consequently, the workers protested at the project department's entrance, demanding the resolution of unpaid wages and related payment issues.
2026-09-20
On September 20, over 80 workers from the Longhu Sanqianji project in Chenghua District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, sat on the ground downstairs to demand unpaid wages collectively and engage in rights defense due to wage arrears by the developer and the construction contractor, Qingrui Decoration Company.
2026-09-20
On September 20, Bailuo Cleaning Company in Yuhua District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, owed sanitation workers four months of wages, leading a large number of employees to strike and go to the company headquarters to collectively demand unpaid wages and defend their rights.
2026-09-20
On September 20, at the Longtan Industrial Park in Bobai, Yulin, Guangxi, 7 workers who had been owed over 500,000 yuan in back pay for nearly 5 years by Yulin Yongda Fire Protection Engineering Co., Ltd. hung a banner in front of the company branch to demand their unpaid wages.
2026-09-18
On September 18, after the completion of a project by Zhengzhou Engineering Co., Ltd. of China Railway Seventh Group in Zhengzhou, Henan, it was accused of defaulting on workers' wages. Multiple workers went to the company to collectively defend their rights and demand payment of arrears.
2026-09-21
September 21, Guangxi Yulin Beiliu City Guanhe (Beiliu) Toy Co., Ltd delayed employee wages, and many employees gathered at the factory gate, raising banners to demand unpaid wages. #InternationalRelations
2026-09-21
On September 21, due to four years of unpaid wages for migrant workers at the Zhaotong Sunac Jiutangfu project, workers dismantled the previously installed aluminum panel materials on-site, with multiple law enforcement officers and workers present to observe.
2026-09-21
On September 21, bus drivers in Gaobeidian, Hebei Province, gathered at the depot gate to strike and protest after going eight months without pay. Multiple buses were parked at the scene.
2026-09-21
On September 21, multiple workers of Jining Land Development Group in Jining City, Shandong Province, went to the group's lobby to defend their rights against unpaid wages, demanding the person in charge to come forward and resolve the payment issue.
2026-09-18
On September 18, multiple employees of Dongguan Shengkai Animation Technology Co., Ltd. gathered on a rooftop to demand unpaid wages spanning from May to September after management became unreachable. Fire departments at the scene laid out an inflatable rescue air cushion for emergency response.
2026-09-20
On September 20, a Xiaohongshu user posted that dispatched labor workers in Shanghe County, Jinan, Shandong, have been owed more than ten months of wages, and every time they ask they are told there is no money. Many in the comments section reported similar wage arrears in Tianqiao District, Shizhong District, and elsewhere.
2026-09-14
On September 14, at a construction site in Beiguan District, Anyang City, Henan Province, multiple workers whose wages had been delayed hung a banner reading "Return my blood and sweat money" at the site and used a megaphone to demand payment from the employer.
2026-09-14
On September 14, families of multiple victims in Lishui, Zhejiang, held portraits of the deceased and went to the headquarters of Lishui Public Transport Group Co., Ltd. to conduct rights defense. The family members stated that their father was killed after being struck by a bus while performing road work. Nearly three months after the incident, the bus company has yet to provide a clear response, prompting the family to visit the company to demand accountability.
2026-09-17
On September 17, a large number of workers sat squatting outside the Shaanxi Construction Engineering Group to demand unpaid wages. Meanwhile, multiple leaders in formal attire lined up on the steps of the main building to pose for a group photo. Additionally, employees reported severe wage arrears, stating that as of October, wages had only been paid up to February.
2026-09-17
On September 17, at the entrance of the Huazhang Xuanhua Computing Power Hub Industrial Base in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, multiple migrant workers hung a banner reading "Please pay last year's arrears of migrant workers' wages," publicly demanding their unpaid labor compensation.
2026-09-17
On September 17, a collective strike occurred at the Cangdong Power Plant project in Cangzhou, Hebei Province. The contractor, Energy China Tianjin Electric Power Construction, was accused of withholding migrant workers' wages for three and a half months, leading multiple workers to stage a sit-in protest in front of the office building.
2026-09-18
On September 18, multiple employees held banners outside the gate of Shandong Xinfalike Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. to demand unpaid wages and defend their rights.
2026-09-16
On September 16, multiple BYD Changfeng-affiliated 4S dealerships in Guiyang, Guizhou (including Changfeng Wangchao, Qianxindi Haiyang, etc.) were exposed as having closed overnight. Employees were owed months of back pay, and suppliers and staff staged rights defense actions on-site; numerous car owners are facing dilemmas such as being unable to register their vehicles, hindered delivery, and unfulfilled after-sales service packages.
2026-09-17
The Fucheng District government in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, issued an anti-gang and anti-evil notice, explicitly defining malicious wage-demanding, forging evidence, surrounding construction sites, and coercing transactions as "labor porcelain-smashing" (extortion), and announced a severe crackdown.
2026-09-12
On September 12, a video of an elderly migrant worker in Jiangsu using a phone with a damaged screen to communicate with his boss about demanding unpaid wages spread online, sparking strong attention and discussion among netizens about wage arrears.
2026-09-16
On September 16, Foshan Dongrong Metal Products Co., Ltd. in Shunde, Guangdong, due to long-term wage arrears of up to 9 months for employees, triggered a large number of workers to collectively protest and defend their rights.
2026-09-15
On September 15, Kaifeng Yulin Furniture Co., Ltd. in Henan, due to long‑term wage arrears and being found to have attempted to secretly transfer assets, employees blocked the factory gate and intercepted vehicles, leading to a standoff between the two sides.
2026-09-17
On September 17, multiple employees of Tianqu (Xi'an) Co., Ltd. in Lantian County, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, held up a banner reading "Return my blood and sweat money" at the company entrance to protest and demand unpaid wages.
2026-09-15
On September 15, multiple migrant workers from Henan Xiayu Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. wore reflective vests with slogans demanding unpaid wages and collectively protested for their rights for the fifteenth consecutive day at the project department entrance.
2026-09-14
On September 14, multiple workers from Guangdong Zhengye Construction, the general contractor for the New World Four Seasons Mountain and Water project in Guangzhou, Guangdong, sat on mats outside the construction site gate to demand unpaid wages. Several security personnel were present, on alert.
2026-09-15
On September 15, the Qingyuan campus of Guangdong Nanhua Business and Technical College delayed wages for migrant workers, prompting many workers to go to the school gate, hold a banner protest and demand their pay.
2026-09-14
September 14, Guangdong Shenzhen Jindi Center, multiple migrant workers went to the building to protest over unpaid wages. The workers said that before protesting they had completed legal procedures such as filing lawsuits and arbitration and had won, but still have not received the owed wages.
2026-09-14
On September 14, several nurses at the Second People's Hospital of Hulan District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province reported that the hospital had been withholding wages for up to two years. After prolonged unsuccessful rights protection, the medical staff chose to publicly expose the issue online to seek a solution.
2026-09-14
On September 14, over one hundred miners at Xinglong Coal Mine of Xihan Group in Hancheng, Shaanxi Province, whose wages had been withheld for several months, went to the government service center to demand unpaid wages and defend their rights, during which they got into a physical clash with police and security guards maintaining order on site.
2026-09-15
September 15, Guangdong Gaozhou's Third People's Hospital mental rehabilitation campus construction site had a wage-demand incident. Several migrant workers of the project contractor China Railway Shanghai Engineering Bureau hung red cloth banners on the fence and used loudspeakers to repeatedly play audio demanding wages, with people gathering on site.
2026-09-14
On September 14, 2026, multiple workers at the Guangdong Zhuhai Hengqin International Business Center, after more than three months of wage arrears, collectively went to the company to sit in protest and defend their rights.
2026-09-14
On September 14, a wage arrears rights defense incident occurred at the headquarters of China Construction Fourth Bureau First Company in the CNBM Building, Guangzhou, Guangdong. Multiple migrant workers, whose wage payments were in arrears, went to the building and staged a sit-in protest in the lobby, demanding that the relevant parties resolve the wage arrears issue.
2026-09-16
Contractors for the China Co-op Wenxi Mansion project in Jishou City, Hunan Province, hung banners in front of the marketing center demanding payment after the developer defaulted on their payments.
2026-09-14
After the closure of Yucai School in Pingyin County, Jinan City, Shandong Province, a teacher posted a complaint about the school owing wages and social security contributions, and suspected that their personal items in the office had been rummaged through. On-site footage shows items scattered across the classroom, with desks and books discarded at will.
2026-09-14
On September 14, 2026, a military supply station in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, owing workers’ wages, had several workers hang a banner reading “Military Supply Station, Return My Blood‑Sweat Money” at the station’s gate, publicly demanding immediate wage settlement. No police presence was seen on site; after persisting for several hours, the workers left without receiving an immediate response.
2026-09-14
On September 14, 2026, over 100 miners at the Xinglong Coal Mine of the Xi'an Group in Hancheng, Shaanxi, went to the government service center to demand unpaid wages after being owed several months of pay, during which physical clashes broke out with police and security guards at the scene.
2026-09-14
On September 14, a user posted on Xiaohongshu saying that as a dispatched worker they had gone six months without receiving wages, and that confronting their supervisor had led nowhere. A large number of commenters said they were owed wages for periods ranging from 5 to 20 months.
2026-09-14
Multiple migrant workers gathered at the entrance of China Resources New Energy Tongchuan Co., Ltd. on September 14 to protest the company's failure to settle engineering payments owed since last year.
2026-09-14
On September 14, in the comments section of the aforementioned netizen's post, a netizen wrote that they had not been paid for 20 months, and social insurance and medical insurance contributions had not been made.
2026-09-14
On September 14, in the comments section of the aforementioned netizen's post, a netizen left a message saying that they had not been paid for 5 months, and that complaining and defending their rights instead led to being denounced.
2026-09-13
On September 13, 2026, a large wage-demand slogan was painted on the exterior wall of the Beijing City Construction project site in Guangzhou. The wall displayed texts such as “Return my hard‑earned money”, “Beijing City Construction Company No.5 repeatedly subcontracted and colluded”, “People act, heaven watches”, accusing the project of serious violations and demanding the disciplinary inspection department to conduct a thorough investigation. The graffiti was carried out by unknown individuals, and no construction personnel responded on site.
2026-09-11
On September 11, at the Huawei Hongmeng Smart Mobility User Center store on Chuangye 2nd Road in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, several workers climbed onto the roof to conduct rights defense. After the incident, the involved store issued a statement in response, and the related on-site video was subsequently taken down from the entire network.
2026-09-12
On September 12, Liu Anjun went to the Beijing Guangnei Police Station and other departments to demand clarification on Sun Meihua's suspected abandonment, trafficking, and purchase of persons, and was told that the case was still ongoing and that information was kept confidential from non-direct family members.
2026-09-09
On September 9, multiple workers from the Longhu Shangcheng project in Xianyang, Shaanxi, went to the sales office to demand payment of overdue wages, but were blocked outside the door by security guards.
2026-09
Multiple employees of Chongqing Dalongwang Technology Group gathered in protest in front of the company, shouting slogans demanding the return of their money to protect their rights, due to long-term unpaid wages.
2026-09-09
On September 9, several workers at Nanjing Chengbei MixC used ropes to hang banners on the outer wall to demand their unpaid wages.
2026-09-08
Dozens of sanitation workers in Lushan County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, gathered in front of the county government to demand their long-overdue wages.
2026-09-07
On September 7, 2026, outside the gate of Kaifeng Industrial Gas Company in Luhe County, Shanwei, Guangdong, several workers gathered and kept vigil to defend their rights and demand unpaid wages, accusing the company of long-term malicious wage arrears long after the project was completed, and calling on the competent authorities to intervene.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, a gathering of rights defenders took place at the entrance of the Dreame Technology Industrial Park in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Multiple workers demanding unpaid wages and suppliers owed money shouted slogans demanding repayment, pursuing long-overdue project payments and labor fees.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, several migrant workers in Guangxi hung banners outside the gate of the Southwest Company of CCCC First Harbor Engineering Bureau and blocked the entrance with vehicles to demand unpaid wages; after rights defenders posted videos online, they were intimidated and threatened with charges such as "picking quarrels and provoking trouble."
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, because the school cafeteria owed suppliers as much as 730,000 yuan in unpaid food bills, several suppliers gathered outside the gate of Changmao Garden School in Haikou, Hainan, holding banners to defend their rights and demand payment of the money owed.
2026-09-04
On September 4, 2026, outside the gates of Zhongjian Road and Bridge Group in Qiaoxi District, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, a group of workers gathered to defend their rights and demand unpaid wages, accusing the company involved of failing to honor its payment agreement and of misappropriating the wages it refused to pay.
2026-09-04
On September 4, 2026, four employees of Yilong New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. in Longyan City, Fujian Province, climbed onto the rooftop of the factory building to protest and demand tens of thousands of yuan in wages that had been withheld for half a year, threatening to jump off the building. Police arrived at the scene to handle the situation.
2026-09-04
On September 4, 2026, several grassroots community medical workers and staffed teachers in Shaanxi reported on social platforms that their wages were in arrears and performance pay had been suspended. Some employees with official staffing status said they were burdened by mortgages and even had to consider taking out loans in order to keep working.
2026-09-04
On September 4, 2026, a contractor from Chenzhou, Hunan, posted a video to report state-owned enterprise Shaanxi Construction No.7 Group under his real name, claiming that the group still refuses to pay more than 2 million yuan in project payments, over a year after completion of the Ruoqiang Loulan Town project in Xinjiang, which it had contracted as general contractor.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, at the Gari Kindergarten project in Rangtang County, Ngawa, Sichuan, undertaken by Sinohydro Bureau 10, multiple workers drove vehicles to block the project gate, demanding unpaid wages and defending their rights after three months of unpaid wages.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, a worker in Jin'an District, Lu'an City, Anhui Province, climbed to the end of a tower crane at a construction site in an attempt to take his own life to defend his rights after his wages were withheld. Police, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel rushed to the scene to handle the situation.
2026-09-02
On September 2, 2026, more than 20 construction workers gathered at the Second Division of the China Railway 24th Bureau Xiyu High-Speed Railway Project Management Department in Dazhou, Sichuan, to defend their rights, seeking construction wages that had been unpaid for nearly a year.
2026-09-02
On September 2, 2026, projects related to the Central Hospital of Xicheng District in Luohe, Henan Province, were in arrears on wages owed to migrant workers. Several workers held up banners at the hospital entrance in rights defense, protesting the malicious withholding of wages.
2026-09
Workers at the CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd. Green Building Materials EPC Base in Jianshi County, Enshi, Hubei, slept on the ground in front of the company gate to collectively demand unpaid wages after experiencing long-term wage arrears and multiple broken promises by the employer.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, a large number of staff from electricity retail companies in Huangpu District, Guangzhou, went to China Energy Investment Corporation's Guangdong Power Co., Ltd. to protest, demanding that outstanding payments be settled. Some people lay on the ground in protest at the scene, and clashes broke out.
2026-09
In early September 2026, the Wuyuan County Smart Commerce Cold-Chain Logistics Park project forcibly launched Phase II construction while payments remained outstanding, triggering gatherings of migrant workers to defend their rights; at the scene, elderly people knelt on the ground pleading for help.
2026-09
In September, the founders — a married couple — of Qianye Jewelry, a gold and jewelry brand with more than 200 self-operated stores nationwide, went missing. The Beijing headquarters was left deserted, product listings in stores on multiple e-commerce platforms were emptied or taken down, employees were owed unpaid wages, and the rights-defense group already had more than 60 members.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, workers at the BRICS Specialized and New Industrial Park of Xiamen Torch Group in Fujian, who were owed unpaid wages, drove several large trucks to block the gate of the project department in a rights defense action demanding their pay.
2026-08-30
On August 30, 2026, a group of workers at the Kunshan Jiandu Company of Jiangsu Shenkun Group, who had been subjected to unpaid wages, collectively drove multiple cement mixer trucks to block the company's main gate in a protest demanding their pay, and SWAT police rushed to the scene to handle the situation.
2026-08-29
On August 29, 2026, a labor dispute broke out at the Shandong Grand Canal Linshui Bieyuan project. A number of construction workers gathered in front of the gate of the project department of China Railway 24th Bureau Group to demand unpaid wages and defend their rights, and police from the local jurisdiction arrived at the scene to maintain order.
2026-08-29
On August 29, 2026, a gathering of workers demanding unpaid wages occurred at the Powerlong Marketing Center in Haikou, Hainan. Several workers were blocked by on-site security personnel, and during the incident one worker demanding wages suddenly fell into a coma from high blood pressure and was rushed to the hospital.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, several workers at the Phase II Yishanhu project in Jiyang District, Sanya, Hainan unfurled banners at the construction site to defend their rights and demand unpaid wages, stating that the project had owed workers' wages for as long as two years.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, a collective strike and rights defense action took place in front of the Hubei Xiangyang Chuneng New Energy project office built by China Railway Construction Group. Construction workers blocked the main gate to demand unpaid wages, accusing the project owner of being more than three months in arrears on wages.
2026-08-27
On August 27, 2026, several landscaping workers reported under their real names that while they had participated in the landscaping works of the key shantytown renovation project in Yuedengge Village, Xi'an, the winning bidder Tianjin No. 2 Construction Engineering Company failed to pay remuneration as agreed, owing more than 300,000 yuan in unpaid wages in total.
2026-08-27
On August 27, 2026, several workers at the Quanzhou International Center project in Fujian's Quanzhou, owed unpaid wages, protested for their rights by driving vehicles to block the gate of the Quanzhou Urban Construction Group. SWAT police from the jurisdiction subsequently rushed to the scene to maintain order.
2026-08-26
Liu Xiang posted on Weibo asking netizens for help, saying the Shanghai Sports Bureau required him to choose between a "buyout of his years of service" and "becoming a coach," and questioning why the placement issue had been delayed for ten years. The Shanghai Sports Bureau responded that it would arrange proper placement.
2026-08-26
On August 26, 2026, the Zhongxi Garment Factory in Panyu, Guangzhou, was accused by multiple employees of maliciously withholding wages and docking half the pay of departing workers, sparking a gathering of employees at the factory site for a rights defense protest.
2026-08-26
On August 26, 2026, several construction workers gathered at the entrance of the Shidai Tianjiao commercial housing project in Tongzi County, Zunyi, Guizhou, to demand unpaid wages, saying their pay had been in arrears for as long as four years.
2026-08-25
A worker in Guanghan, Sichuan, climbed to the top of a Sanxingdui-themed landscape street lamp and hung a banner reading "Give us back our blood and sweat money" to demand unpaid wages, and was rescued after about 11 hours.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, in Guanghan City, Deyang, Sichuan Province, a migrant worker seeking unpaid wages climbed a tall roadside streetlight pole and sat there for as long as 8 hours in 36-degree heat to defend his rights.
2026-08-25
On the evening of August 25, 2026, several workers at the Shuanglei Brick Factory in Jiechou Township, Shouyang County, Jinzhong, Shanxi, went to the factory to demand unpaid wages after being owed their pay. A clash broke out during the process, and one worker was beaten to the ground and could not get up.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, in front of an office building of a China Railway Sixth Group engineering project in Lanzhou, Gansu, multiple construction workers gathered to demand unpaid wages. On-site video sparked netizen discussion about widespread wage arrears in the construction engineering industry.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, a wage-arrears dispute broke out at the Longfor Qingyunque construction project in Tianfu New Area, Sichuan. Several migrant workers gathered at the site to demand their unpaid wages, and local police dispatched officers to the scene to maintain order.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, workers at the Runshi Jiayuan project of China Railway Prefabricated Construction Technology in Guilin, Guangxi, who were owed unpaid wages, hung banners and blocked the site gate in protest to demand their back pay.
2026-08-24
On August 24, 2026, multiple migrant workers in Longhu Town, Xinzheng City, Henan Province, went to the Yongxing office building to demand unpaid wages, only to be locked inside by the landlord and the company involved, restricting their personal freedom. Workers reported that their complaints were not handled in a timely manner.
2026-08-24
On August 24, 2026, a supplier filed a real-name report online, alleging that Guomen Hospital in Jiangcheng County, Pu'er, Yunnan has long owed payments for engineering projects, supplier goods, and the wages of multiple workers.
2026-08-24
On August 24, 2026, several workers in Anji County, Huzhou, Zhejiang, gathered collectively in front of the county's Social Contradiction Dispute Resolution and Mediation Center to defend their rights over unpaid wages.
2026-08-24
On August 24, 2026, workers at a construction site in Shaanxi Province staged a collective work stoppage over long-standing unpaid wages, demanding that the contractor settle all wages before work resumes.
2026-08-23
On August 23, 2026, Jiangsu businessman Xue Jianxing publicly called out leaders of Guizhou Province, reporting that three greening projects he undertook in Jiangkou County, Tongren City, with a total cost of approximately 200 million yuan, have been completed and inspected for eight years, yet audit settlement remains unfinished and payments have been long overdue.
2026-08-23
On August 23, 2026, workers on the Xinjiang Provincial Road 345 highway project of China State Construction Road and Bridge Group, owed wages, collectively laid out bedding at the gate of the company's site office to protest and demand payment of their wages.
2026-08-23
On August 23, 2026, several construction workers at a China Railway 10th Bureau project in Qamdo, Tibet, gathered collectively at the project site entrance to defend their rights and demand unpaid wages after the project owed them wages.
2026-08-22
On August 22, 2026, engineering workers in Hunan called out online to China State Railway Group and the person in charge of the Guangzhou Bureau, demanding that more than 16 million yuan in project payments, unpaid for 16 years, be settled by its Changsha Railway Construction Company.
2026-08-22
On August 22, 2026, at the Hainan University of Science and Technology project construction site in Baimajing, Danzhou, Hainan, an incident occurred in which workers' wages were in arrears. Several migrant workers climbed to the top of a building to defend their rights and demand their unpaid wages by threatening to jump, with police officers present at the scene.
2026-08-22
On August 22, 2026, a dispute over unpaid wages broke out at the Global 100 · Poly Exhibition Hall in Haikou, Hainan, where multiple workers collectively blockaded the office to defend their rights and demand their wages, and a number of police officers arrived on the scene for stability maintenance.
2026-08-22
On August 22, 2026, netizens revealed that Shanghai Fangde Automation Equipment Co., Ltd. owed employees 4 to 8 months of wages, totaling 12 million yuan, and had long failed to pay social insurance and the housing provident fund, sparking a rights defense by employees.
2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, the Shudao Railway Investment Longhuang Railway project in Luzhou, Sichuan was exposed for withholding construction machinery fees and workers' wages. Several rights defenders went to the lobby of the company involved and lay on the ground in protest to demand their unpaid wages.
2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, a netizen in Xinjiang revealed that the Second Construction Zone of the general contracting project of the China Communications First Highway Engineering Group's Bazhou project has been withholding workers' wages since 2025, and that when workers went to demand their unpaid wages, they were blocked by checkpoints set up by the project side.
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2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, laborers reported that the "Lingbao City Secondary Vocational School New Campus Construction Project" in Henan, undertaken by Shanghai Baoye, had not paid migrant workers a single cent of their wages from January to August, causing the project to come to a complete halt.
2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, workers at Beiteer Daily Necessities Co., Ltd. in Wujin District, Changzhou, Jiangsu exposed that the factory had maliciously withheld wages year after year, and some workers owed wages were forced to defend their rights through extreme means yet still could not recover the arrears.
2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, several construction workers at a project site in Xinjiang reported that their wages had been withheld by the China Gezhouba Group; lacking food and accommodation support and the travel money to return home, they remained stranded at the site, gathering to defend their rights and demand payment of unpaid wages.
2026-08-20
On August 20, 2026, several construction workers in Xi'an, Shaanxi reported that the Xi'an branch of Hebei Construction Group had maliciously withheld workers' wages for as long as 6 years. The workers used megaphones in the company's office area to protest and demand their unpaid wages.
2026-08-20
On August 20, 2026, inside the command office of the Chengdu Hub Section 2 works of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway by China Railway No.2 Engineering Group in Chengdu, Sichuan, large numbers of migrant workers gathered with their families, sitting and even lying on the ground in protest, demanding that their unpaid wages be settled.
2026-08-20
On August 20, 2026, workers at Shanghai Huate Enterprise Group Co., Ltd. collectively signed a joint complaint letter and went on strike for three consecutive days to protest the company withholding five months' worth of wages.
2026-08-19
On August 19, 2026, in Mangshi, Dehong, Yunnan, workers of Yunnan Construction Investment First Construction Co., Ltd., after being owed wages for a long time, brought their family members and children to block the company's entrance and lay bedding on the ground to defend their rights and demand unpaid wages.
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2026-08-19
On August 19, 2026, multiple employees of Shanghai Huate Auto Parts Co., Ltd. gathered at the factory gate to collectively defend their rights and demand unpaid wages, reporting that the company had been in arrears for as long as five months.
2026-08-17
On August 17, 2026, the Jinlaike factory in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, triggered a mass work stoppage after long-term wage arrears, with large numbers of workers gathering at the factory gates to block the entrances and demand their unpaid wages.
2026-08-17
On August 17, 2026, at the Fengya Yuzhu Lake No. 1 project in Sihong County, Suqian, Jiangsu, workers went on collective strike because the developer had long been in arrears with their wages, and they blocked the main gate of the construction site with three excavators to defend their rights and demand payment.
2026-08-16
On August 16, 2026, multiple employed people in Jinan, Shandong posted in concentrated batches on social networks, disclosing that local urban construction state-owned enterprises, non-establishment teachers, and grassroots public welfare posts have suffered wage arrears lasting three to five months.
2026-08-13
On August 13, 2026, several construction workers gathered at the entrance of the CSCEC Fourth Bureau Star River Bay project in Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, to defend their rights and demand unpaid wages. The workers reported that nearly a year after the project was completed, their wages had still not been settled.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, a large number of migrant workers in Nanning, Guangxi, whose labor remuneration had been withheld, went to the gate of the office building of Nanning Wuxiang Economic and Technological Development Zone Industrial Investment Group to stage a sit-in, defending their rights and demanding unpaid wages.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, several workers of Chengshi Group in Xindu District, Chengdu, Sichuan, who had long been owed wages, blocked the company gate to defend their rights, and were subsequently subjected to on-site police stability maintenance control.
2026-08-10
On August 10, 2026, a malicious wage-arrears incident occurred at a factory near the Nianmushan farmers' market in Pujiang County, Jinhua, Zhejiang. Because the boss withheld wages, eight employees climbed onto the factory rooftop together to demand their unpaid wages and defend their rights by threatening to jump off the building.
2026-08-10
On August 10, 2026, hundreds of active and retired workers from the Jinbaotun Coal Mine, Longjiabao Coal Mine and others under the Jilin Energy Investment Group went to the group's headquarters to defend their rights, protesting the company's long-term arrears of wages and social insurance payments spanning dozens of months.
2026-08-09
A large-scale protest by Chinese workers broke out at the Baltic Gas Chemical Complex project in Russia, undertaken by China National Chemical Engineering No. 7 Construction Co., Ltd. The unrest began after Chinese workers were taken away by police while demanding unpaid wages, and over 1,000 workers surrounded the police and forced them to release the workers involved.
2026-08-09
On August 11, 2026, at the site of the natural gas-to-methanol chemical complex project in Saint Petersburg, Russia, contracted and built by China National Chemical Engineering No. 7, a large number of Chinese workers launched a rights defense protest due to long-standing neglect of labor rights and wage arrears.
2026-08-09
On August 9, 2026, netizens exposed on social media that Guoyun Group (Qingdao) Security Service Co., Ltd. in Huangdao District, Qingdao, Shandong had long been in arrears with wages of grassroots employees, prompting victims to defend their rights online.
2026-08-07
On August 7, 2026, multiple staff members at the Zhouzhi Water Street Scenic Area in Xi'an, Shaanxi, who were facing wage arrears, hung banners inside the scenic area to collectively demand unpaid wages and defend their rights.
2026-08-07
On August 7, 2026, a college student in Quanzhou, Fujian posted a request for help, saying that while working part-time at an educational institution in Quangang District, 4500 yuan in wages were withheld; the institution unilaterally cut the pay to 3000 yuan and deleted them as a friend, leaving them facing difficulties in rights defense because they had no company name.
2026-08-05
On August 5, employees of the CNNC 23 Lufeng Nuclear Power Project, who had long been owed wages, spoke out and raised questions in a work group of several thousand people; their DingTalk accounts were immediately deactivated, and multiple employees reported widespread wage arrears.
2026-08-04
Affected villagers posted stating that the flood was a man-made accident, and all residents of Liulan Village refused to sign, demanding an explanation from higher authorities.
2026-08-03
On August 3, 2026, a factory in Yongxing Industrial Park, Fuqing 2nd Road, Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, was exposed: the boss had withheld more than six months' wages from several employees and, under the pretext of a three-day holiday, emptied the plant of equipment overnight and fled, cutting off contact.
2026-07-29
In late July 2026, grassroots contract workers in some townships of Kunming, Yunnian posted appeals on social media, reporting that tight public finances had left their salaries unpaid for several consecutive months, while similar cases of wage arrears also emerged in grassroots public institutions in many other places.
2026-07-28
A project constructed by China Railway Fourth Engineering Bureau in Tianjin Binhai New Area has experienced unpaid wages, and workers blocked the entrance to demand their unpaid wages on July 28.
2026-07-28
On July 28, 2026, the Tianjin Qingshan Green Energy Intelligent Manufacturing Production and Research Base project, due to long-term unpaid wages for frontline workers, triggered a collective work stoppage and strike by all construction workers, who held banners on site to defend their rights and protest.
2026-07-27
A group of construction workers in Beijing, who have been owed wages for over 7 months, blocked the CREC headquarters building on July 27.
2026-07-14
On July 14, 2026, several construction workers in Hebei, wearing vests printed with the words "Hebei Construction Group, Give Us Back Our Hard-Earned Money," beat gongs and drums in protest against unpaid wages at the gate of the headquarters of Hebei Construction Group Co., Ltd.
2026-07-09
In the early hours of July 9, artist Zhao Pinlin posted a real-name post demanding performance remuneration from "Yang Yangyang," the director of the variety show "100% Singer." This subsequently prompted multiple artists and industry peers to speak out in support, triggering a collective wave of demanding unpaid wages in the entertainment industry.
2026-07-09
On July 9, 2026, a migrant worker in Heze, Shandong, posted a video on social media, reporting in his real name that the "Shuxiang Yayuan" real estate project in Dongming County had withheld wages from 11 construction workers, demanding full payment of their hard-earned money.
2026-07-05
Unpaid wages occurred at a headquarters building project constructed by China Construction Seventh Engineering Division in Futian, Shenzhen, and workers blocked the project gates to defend their rights.
2026-07-02
On July 2, 2026, a bamboo raft in the waters off Houjiang, Nan'ao County, Shantou, Guangdong was capsized after being struck by an iron vessel, killing one person, and the vessel responsible fled the scene. Recently, the family took to the internet to report that no case had been filed long after the incident and that dock surveillance footage had been overwritten, publicly seeking help to defend their rights.
2026-07-01
On July 1, in Bijie, Guizhou Province, migrant workers demanded unpaid wages and defended their rights at the site of a Sinohydro Bureau 9 project over wage arrears.
2026-06-30
In late June 2026, a labor dispute broke out at a China Minmetals 23rd Metallurgical construction project in Haikou, Hainan. Several construction workers, owed unpaid wages, gathered in protest in front of the site gate and used steel pipes to block the passage, preventing vehicles from entering or leaving.
2026-06-28
On June 28, 2026, at the Louli Reservoir project in Handan, Hebei, migrant workers, owed unpaid wages, staged an extreme rights-defense action by threatening to jump off a building rooftop, drawing local attention to wage arrears in government-funded investment projects.
2026-06-24
On June 24, 2026, wage arrears occurred at the Shashi District Elderly Care Center in Jingzhou, Hubei. Multiple on-duty employees collectively defended their rights inside the institution, demanding payment of their unpaid labor earnings.
2026-06-24
On June 24, 2026, a wage arrears incident occurred at the project department of the Smart Agriculture Training Building, built by China Railway 16 Bureau in Xi'an District, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang. A number of migrant workers gathered at the construction site to defend their rights, demanding payment of their labor earnings.
Location: Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Hearsay ·
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2026-06-24
On June 24, 2026, at the Yunnan 14th Metallurgical construction project in Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan, an incident of unpaid wages to migrant workers occurred. The workers gathered collectively at the project office to demand payment of their hard-earned money and defend their rights.
2026-06-20
The Taierzhuang Music Festival in Zaozhuang, Shandong withheld and delayed the part-time wages of college students, leading a large number of students to gather for rights defense. Videos of the rights defense were removed across the entire internet.
2026-06-17
On June 17, 2026, an incident of unpaid wages occurred at a cement pipe factory in Shangji Town, Suihua, Heilongjiang. Several migrant workers hung banners in front of the factory gate to demand their unpaid wages and defend their rights, calling for the release of their hard-earned money to guarantee their basic livelihood.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, at the project department of China Power Engineering No. 4 Bureau in Shangyi County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, migrant workers went unpaid. The workers went to the construction site and unfurled rights-defense banners demanding payment of the owed wages.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, a female part-time job seeker in Zhengzhou posted a plea for help, saying that while working part-time at a postgraduate exam study room she was beaten by her boss over 30 yuan in wages, fracturing her hand, and that after she called the police, the authorities refused to file a criminal case and instead demanded that she delete her post.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, the R&F New City real estate project in Kaifeng, Henan, drove a worker to death by withholding construction wages. The deceased's family hung banners near the project site and knelt holding a portrait of the deceased, defending their rights to demand justice.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, inside a factory in Minggang, Xinyang, Henan, multiple workers, because their piece rates had long been too low and their wages were still delayed and unpaid, gathered collectively in the factory premises to negotiate with the person in charge of the company, demanding unpaid wages and defending their rights.
2026-06-15
On June 15, 2026, a pinned video on the Douyin account of the official livestream room of well-known sports brand PEAK exposed the company's arrears of Olympic sponsorship fees, and an operations employee publicly stated in the comments section that the company had owed them wages for a year.
2026-06-15
On June 15, 2026, Guoyao Xinguang Biomass Resources Co., Ltd. in Linyi County, Yuncheng, Shanxi withheld labor remuneration, and several migrant workers owed back pay hung banners in front of the company gate to defend their rights and demand their unpaid wages.
2026-06-15
On June 15, 2026, an incident of unpaid wages for migrant workers occurred at the Vanke Guanshan Yinxiu real estate project in Jinan, Shandong, and several construction workers had no choice but to lie in front of the project site's main gate to demand their unpaid wages and defend their rights.
2026-06-15
In late June 2026, Chuangda Bus, a privately operated public transit company in Panyu District, Guangzhou, fell into arrears on about half a year of drivers' wages, sparking a collective strike by drivers demanding unpaid pay and causing multiple bus routes connecting Panyu and Nansha to suspend service, exposing a fiscal crisis in local public transportation.
Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Developing ·
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2026-06-13
On June 13, 2026, Jiafeng Electronics Factory in Dongguan, Guangdong was reported to have had its person in charge go missing and flee, while a large number of factory workers who were owed pay gathered collectively in front of the factory gate, holding banners to defend their rights.
2026-06-12
On June 12, 2026, the Gaizhou City Public Security Bureau in Liaoning formally returned 2,859.2 grams of gold products seized nearly 30 years ago to Dalian man Pan Yongjia and reached a settlement, with the party withdrawing his state compensation application.
2026-06-11
On June 12, 2026, a wage arrears incident occurred at Huaying Electronics Co., Ltd. in Dongguan, Guangdong. Large numbers of workers gathered collectively at the factory gate to defend their rights, demanding that the company pay the withheld wages in full.
2026-06-10
Multiple staff members on the public payroll at Tongwen School in Fengdu County, Chongqing, were forced to spontaneously organize and collectively petition the relevant education and administrative authorities to defend their rights and demand payment of back wages, because the local fiscal authorities had long been in arrears with their salaries and benefits.
2026-06-10
A serious incident of wage arrears occurred at the Shengshi Lanwan residential project in Jinghai District, Tianjin. Multiple construction workers, who have been owed four months of salary, held up rights defense banners at the site, demanding that the contractor pay their wages in full.
2026-06-10
Jinan Sino-German Orthopedic Hospital, which had been included in the 120 emergency network, suddenly announced its closure and shutdown and asked all staff to leave their posts. Working medical staff reported that the hospital has been in arrears for several months' wages since April, and has not publicized any lawful economic compensation plan.
2026-06-09
The Phase IV construction project of Aerospace Sunac Lanyuefu in Chang'an District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province has been accused of illegal subcontracting and failure to pay wages in full. Several construction workers were forced to gather at the construction site and in front of the doors of relevant departments, holding banners to demand unpaid wages and defend their rights.
2026-06-09
A wage arrears incident occurred at Shanxi Yaobang Environmental Industry Group. Several sanitation workers who were owed wages gathered in front of the company and related institutions holding banners to defend their rights, demanding that the delayed labor remuneration be paid as soon as possible.
2026-06-08
A wage-arrears dispute broke out at the Chuxu Photovoltaic Power Station under Wanneng New Energy Co., Ltd. in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. Several workers demanding their unpaid wages went to the front gate of the power station and unfurled banners to protest and defend their rights.
2026-06-08
On June 8, 2026, in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, a candidate ranked first in a public institution exam but was illegally replaced. After the person involved continued to defend her rights and appeal, local officials directly issued an announcement canceling the entire recruitment position in question.
Location: Qitaihe, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-06-01
Sanitation workers in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, went on a collective strike starting June 1 due to six months of unpaid wages, leaving garbage scattered all over the town.
Location: Yangjiang City, Guangdong ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Verified ·
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2026-06-01
On June 1, 2026, a netizen posted a video on social media accusing China Railway No. 4 Engineering Group in Hefei, Anhui, of maliciously withholding workers' wages, saying that repeated appeals to the relevant functional departments had failed to be handled effectively.
2026-04-20
Hong Kong-invested toy contract manufacturing giant Huasheng Toys closed four factories in Guangxi on the same day, leaving nearly 10,000 workers instantly jobless. About 5,000 workers held consecutive rallies, blocking roads and holding banners to demand clearance of unpaid wages and payment of economic compensation.
2026-02-25
Recently, a JD Logistics employee publicly called out Liu Qiangdong at a labor-rights defense venue in Hangzhou, saying he joined JD because Liu had promised not to mistreat employees, but now his wife is in the hospital receiving emergency treatment while his wages have been withheld for over a year, and he demanded to know why.
2026-01-21
After returning to her hometown in Guizhou, Xiao Wei (online name "Xiao Wei is not Xiao Wei"), a mainland spouse deported from Taiwan, has been actively defending the rights of local residents, live-streaming to denounce local government extravagance, and publicly challenging the local village committee to a debate in her live-stream.
2025-07-25
On July 25, four workers in Fuzhou, Fujian, threatened to jump off a building to demand unpaid wages owed to them by YTO Express.
2024-12-14
On December 14, 2024, a 59-year-old man surnamed Ma in Zhengzhou had a dispute with his employer, surnamed Qin, over unpaid wages and dismissal. Qin slapped him 9 times. That evening, Ma was hospitalized with an acute cerebral infarction and passed away after being in a coma for 14 months. Qin admitted to the assault at the police station.
2024
In 2024, a 59-year-old man in Zhengzhou had a dispute with his former employer over unpaid wages and his dismissal. He was slapped nine times by the employer, subsequently suffered an acute cerebral infarction, and passed away after being in a coma for 14 months.
2008-07-03
After the Yang Jia case occurred, artist Ai Weiwei published a series of posts on his blog, pressing questions about the details of Yang Jia's case, the circumstances of his mother being committed to a psychiatric hospital, and the violations of procedure during the trial; his blog at one point became a gathering point for online public opinion. After that, he spoke out for Yang Jia multiple times.
2002
Ms. Ma Yongtian won a lawsuit regarding her factory being robbed in 2002 and obtained a court judgment.