The Urumqi, Changsha and Guangzhou pay-raisers continued: from oil equipment to hospitals and urban villages projects, salary arrears spread across industries

From 5 to 7 October, there was a succession of pay-for-work sites for the Urumchi oil equipment company, Changsha Hospital and the Guangzhou city-based rehabilitation project. The three industries differ, but they collectively expose the governance challenges of wage arrears after they enter the arbitration, enforcement and even public advocacy stages.