Article: China's trade unions can do a better job, survey finds

China's trade unions can do a better job, survey finds

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's trade unions should do a better job protecting employees' rights as compulsory overtime and unreasonably low pay are rife in companies all over the country, an on-line survey has revealed.

According to the survey published on Monday by China's Youth Daily after polling 4,747 people, 71.6 percent of the respondents believed China's trade unions had not fully carried out its tasks.

"There's no doubt China's unions face massive challenges in playing an active role to protect employees' rights," the survey concluded.

The survey was published following a landmark decision by Wal- Mart Stories Inc. ...

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