A chorus of protests grows louder over the extra-legal detention of Shenzhen workers’ representative Wu Guijun, arrested and detained for over 130 days, following a labour dispute in May, and the detention of 12 Guangzhou hospital workers following a protest action in August…The mass arrests and detentions in these two separate cases highlight the continuing harsh treatment of workers in China…To date, the local organs of the ACFTU, China’s state-controlled and only legal union body, have refused to act or make public comment on the case of Wu Guijun or the detained hospital workers in Guangzhou…Under China’s laws, the security agencies are allowed to hold someone under administrative detention for fifteen days without a court order…chinaworker.info is appealing to labour movement activists and organisations around the world to add your voice to these protests. [Includes text of petition in English & Chinese] [refers to Diweixin Product Factory, First Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine]