ANovember 2Oll Human Rights Watch report on alleged labor abuses in four mining firms in ,Zambia parented by state-owned enterprise China Non-ferrous Metal Min- ing Co. (CNMC) has predictably become a media sensatio...ANovember 2Oll Human Rights Watch report on alleged labor abuses in four mining firms in ,Zambia parented by state-owned enterprise China Non-ferrous Metal Min- ing Co. (CNMC) has predictably become a media sensation. Countless news outlets and blogs have reported that the Chinese firms are "bad employers" compared to the five Western-based major foreign in- vestors in Zambia's copper mining indus- try, as regards safety, pay, work hours and union fights.展开更多
THE update, like the 2011 HRW report, focuses on safety and implies that Chinese-owned mines are markedly less safe than other foreign-owned copper mines in Zambia. Indeed, the HRW update is titled “Zambia: Safety G...THE update, like the 2011 HRW report, focuses on safety and implies that Chinese-owned mines are markedly less safe than other foreign-owned copper mines in Zambia. Indeed, the HRW update is titled “Zambia: Safety Gaps Threaten Copper Miners; Government, Chinese State-owned Subsidiaries Make Uneven Progress.”展开更多
文摘ANovember 2Oll Human Rights Watch report on alleged labor abuses in four mining firms in ,Zambia parented by state-owned enterprise China Non-ferrous Metal Min- ing Co. (CNMC) has predictably become a media sensation. Countless news outlets and blogs have reported that the Chinese firms are "bad employers" compared to the five Western-based major foreign in- vestors in Zambia's copper mining indus- try, as regards safety, pay, work hours and union fights.
文摘THE update, like the 2011 HRW report, focuses on safety and implies that Chinese-owned mines are markedly less safe than other foreign-owned copper mines in Zambia. Indeed, the HRW update is titled “Zambia: Safety Gaps Threaten Copper Miners; Government, Chinese State-owned Subsidiaries Make Uneven Progress.”