China: Leader of Delivery Riders Alliance Detained, Solidarity Movement Repressed by Karl Hu, Labor Notes, April 15 https://labornotes.org/2021/04/china-leader-delivery-riders-alliance-detained-solidarity-movement-repressed
On February 25 “Mengzhu,” a well-known food delivery worker activist, was detained by Beijing police in a raid on the group apartment where he lives with other delivery workers. Four of them were also detained. While two workers were released after questioning at the police station, Mengzhu—whose real name is Chen Guojiang—and two of his close friends are still detained. He has been charged with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” a catch-all category often used against activists in China. . . . It is well known that Chinese authorities are ready to suppress any autonomous union organization, with many leading independent labor activists arrested over the past few years. The detention of Chen and the crackdown on his supporters is another case of the government allying with big companies to suppress workers’ grassroots organizations with unlimited police power. . . . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#8060): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/8060 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/82159984/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
