Provide better understanding of labor issues to the public

• CLW finished several research reports including the Wal-Mart report “New Labor Movement Afoot in China ”, Work-Injury report “ The Long March Survey and Case Studies of Work Injuries in the Pearl River Delta Region” , Xing-Ang factory report, and Ju Qiang factory report.

• CLW released two research reports including one cooperation press release on labor conditions in 16 of Wal-Mart's supplying factories and one report on work injuries in China . These reports were cited and used by other labor-related websites and sources.

• In this past quarter, CLW's English website received 1,443,100 hits (a 20% decrease from the previous quarter). The Chinese website received 9,595 hits (a 7% increase from the previous quarter).

• Improvements have made on the website, including posting an increased number of news articles and commentary on the front page and sub links.

• CLW sent out labor-related information to our direct members seven times.

• CLW have also redirected a letter written to the people's provincial government of JiangXi to our members. The letter includes the current labor situations in China , and recent discussion between labors.

Strengthen the capabilities of independent labor activists and workers

• CLW published pamphlets with information including Female workers' rights, Labor wage information, Labor contract, Labors' rights, and Workers' literatures. These pamphlets were distributed in areas including Train stations, bus stations, and industrial zones. To date, approximately 5,000 pamphlets were distributed to workers. Workers have been using these pamphlets to gain a better understanding of their rights and their colleagues throughout China .

• In February, CLW's staffs in China have organized a labor related discussion board in Guang Dong. The meeting discusses the possible future expansion, legal assistance including government's recent restriction on workers' legal representation, and cooperative work of the China-based independent labor organizations. More than 15 labor activists' organizations have joined the discussion in terms of promoting the Chinese workers' rights.

Analysis

The decrease of visits to the English site maybe attributed to lack of website maintenance and updates due to human resource issue. For the past few months, CLW has experienced a high mobility of employees, thus some of the work had to be paused. Towards the employment issue, CLW has hired a new worker in order to continue the previous work.

The increase of visits to the Chinese site is because CLW have posted its reports on various Chinese discussion boards instead of on its own website in order to avoid Chinese government's internet restriction. This approach will allow Chinese audience to have easier access to CLW's reports.

Moreover, CLW has also taken steps to make improvements on the website, including posting an increased number of news articles and commentary on the front page and sub links. There has been an increased effort to expand our network by including international labor news on the website and increasing communication with other Chinese NGOs and labor groups. Over the past quarter, CLW sent out labor-related information to our direct members seven times. In addition, CLW have also redirected a letter written to the people's provincial government of JiangXi to our members. The letter includes the current labor situations in China , and recent discussion between labors.

The number of visits to the English site demonstrates that CLW has continued to be used as a reliable source of information by the media and the general public. As mentioned earlier, CLW regularly receives inquires from reporters, academia, business owners etc. In conclusion, CLW website continues to play an important role in promoting the understanding of the labor rights situation in China as well as uniting fellow labor activists/organizations by utilizing the media and links to other labor organizations.

Aside from the CLW website, media outlets also played a key role in promoting awareness and knowledge of the labor situation in China . In terms of media influence, CLW website essentially became the major asset to international media when they wish to find more labor-related information. This quarter, the BBC News (UK), Cox News, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, LA times, Decision News Media, and Red Door News (HK) have interviewed CLW.

As result of having success in achieving the objective of democracy, CLW's labors rights movement has continued to receive broad international attention. Sources such as the media, academia, private business sectors, and other labor rights organizations have frequently interviewed CLW on various of labor related issues. A reporter from the Cox News wrote a feature article, New Labor Movement Afoot in China ,” after he interviewed Li Qiang on the phone and visited some of the factories CLW had investigated before. A small optical equipment imports company contacted CLW to gather labor related information after reading some of CLW executive director, Li Qiang's research. Furthermore, the followings are the individuals/organizations that have contacted CLW this quarter:

• University of Iowa

• Global Business Processes Site Cleaning

• BBC News ( UK )

• Cox News

• LA Times

• Decision News Media

• Voice of America

• Radio Free Asia

• Red Door News

• Fourth Floor Productions

• HBO

• New Mexico State University

• International Council of Toy Industry's CARE Foundation

As a result, CLW has continued to be recognized as a reliable source and voice on labor issues in China .

CLW's activities this quarter have also increased its correlations with other organizations involved with human rights and labor and insisted international corporations to improve its Chinese workers' conditions. For example, this quarter, Wal-Mart has responded to CLW's report and is attempting on making an improvement. Moreover, CLW has maintained communications with other Corporations and NGOs on labor issues in China.

Our work this quarter has carried out our objective of democracy. For example, CLW published pamphlets with information including Female workers' rights, Labor wage information, Labor contract, Labors' rights, and Workers' literatures. These pamphlets were distributed in areas including Train stations, bus stations, and industrial zones. To date, approximately 5,000 pamphlets were distributed to workers. Workers have been using these pamphlets to gain a better understanding of their rights and their colleagues throughout China . Moreover, CLW's staffs in China have organized a labor related discussion board in Guang Dong. The meeting discusses the possible future expansion, legal assistance including government's recent restriction on workers' legal representation, and cooperative work of the China-based independent labor organizations. More than 15 labor activists' organizations have joined the discussion in terms of promoting the Chinese workers' rights.

In conclusion, the combination of our website, the media, association with other organizations, and our reports has allowed CLW to carry out its objective of promoting democracy more effectively.