2012 CFTU Annual Report & Teachers Survey Released... But first the latest news...
The CFTU has recently opened an official investigation on 37 Chinese school principals across China reported by expat teachers for extorting teachers for money to obtain their release letters. Some of the complaints can be read in our blacklist comments section below .If you have any evidence or information to help expand our investigation, please send us an email in strict confidence to tips@ChinaForeignTeachersUnion.org This investigation is already having an impact even beyond our reach as expats and even former Vice-Principals are now speaking out as you can see here...
http://www.zimbio.com/Exposing+Scams/articles/4fbZBnV02YJ/Want+Earn+Bucks+China+Become+Chinese+School#channel=f383eb2ea8cb092&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zimbio.com&channel_path=%2Fhtml%2Fchannel.html%3Ffb_xd_fragment%23xd_sig%3Df26a6a6bcd2017%26
Be advised that Shane English has been tentatively cleared of any wrongdoing in the Wenzhou fiasco involving the principal of Pingyang Quishi School (Wenzhou) which they say has not been affiliated with Shane English for over a year, but which continues to illegally use the Shane logo, brochures, books, and good name when recruiting both teachers and students. Our official response is as follows:
"Due to a delayed response from Shane English, we only now discovered that they are no longer affiliated with the Wenzhou School involved in this fiasco, even though this school continues to use the Shane name in their sales pitch and brochures. Unfortunately this happens in China where "cooperation" is common and reputable foreign companies allow local Chinese partners to us either good name. We regret that the email contact addresses found on the internet for Shane were not still in service as we mistook their lack of a reply as indifference. To be clear, Shane English is no longer affiliated with Pingyang Quishi School of Wenzhou whose principal is selling release letters to their foreign teachers. The U.K. teacher who made the complaint online here on our website has still not received his release letter as required by law."
We recently received an email from a foreign teacher at Pingyang Quishi School who now claims the school is still affiliated with Shane English and we are awaiting some documentary evidence to be provided to us. Here's the story of what took place...
The China ESL - Rebecca Tang fiasco rages on at the Beijinger... China ESL Complaint - Rebecca Tang also 5 Years Of Complaints
- Our entire CFTU staff are volunteers
- Our board directors are elected annually
- Membership in the CFTU is absolutely free
- We provide China labor laws in English for free
- We provide free contract reviews and templates
- Our training seminars for members are also free
- We do not sell any advertising, products, nor services
- We neither collect, trade, nor sell databases of any sort
- In 2012, we identified and photographed nine fake agents
- We are not affiliated with any religion & are 100% apolitical
- We only contact schools when a teacher files a complaint(s)
- In 2011, we helped over 100 teachers get their last paycheck
OUR 2013 WHITE LIST HAS BEEN COMPILED AND YOUR COPY CAN BE OBTAINED BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO:
WHITELIST@CHINAFOREIGNTEACHERSUNION.ORG
If you are not a member and want to become one, please visit this link: http://www.chinaforeignteachersunion.org/2012/12/cftu-minimum-wage-for-foreign-teachers.html
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May 23, 2013
Are YOU a Lost Laowei?
Click here to find out...
http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/expat-stuff/teaching-esl-in-china/are-you-on-the-china-esl-teacher-blacklist/
May 20, 2013
Are YOU a Lost Laowei?
Click here to find out...
http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/expat-stuff/teaching-esl-in-china/are-you-on-the-china-esl-teacher-blacklist/
May 20, 2013
CFTU Now Compiling China Recruiter & Agent Whitelist
This will probably be our shortest list ever but apparently our colleagues abroad still are too lazy to search out their own jobs, or cannot sort the facts from fiction. We are therefore now accepting nominations for honest and registered agents willing to make transparent disclosure. Those that are willing to do so will be posted at:
May 19, 2013
CFTU Annual Picnic In The Park - Next Weekend
(Members Only - Contact V031 For Details)
May 15, 2013
CFTU To Cooperate Fully With China PSB To Remove Sexual Predator Expat Foreign Teachers From China Schools - Now A Priority Project - Teachers Urged To Cooperate. For Details See: http://www.ChinaForeignTeachersUnion.com
April 15, 2013
Teachers Blacklist Used By Principals Discovered By CFTU with help of insider at Beijing Kindergarten
796 teachers are on the China National Black List. To see if you are on it, click on this link: http://www.chinaforeignteachersunion.com/2013/04/china-foreign-teachers-union-obtains.html
April 4, 2013
Free Chinese Classes Commencing On April 15th Register Now! (Members Only! - Contact V047-B)
April 3, 2013
Don't get violent in China or you will end up like this foreign teacher - one year behind Chinese bars!
Foreign Teacher Jailed In China For Defending Family Home
March 26, 2013
The 2013 Whitelist has finally been compiled
March 20, 2013
57 Beijing Teachers To Be Deported For Visa Violations
NEWS UPDATE:
CFTU Annual Picnic In The Park - Next Weekend
(Members Only - Contact V031 For Details)
May 15, 2013
CFTU To Cooperate Fully With China PSB To Remove Sexual Predator Expat Foreign Teachers From China Schools - Now A Priority Project - Teachers Urged To Cooperate. For Details See: http://www.ChinaForeignTeachersUnion.com
April 15, 2013
Teachers Blacklist Used By Principals Discovered By CFTU with help of insider at Beijing Kindergarten
796 teachers are on the China National Black List. To see if you are on it, click on this link: http://www.chinaforeignteachersunion.com/2013/04/china-foreign-teachers-union-obtains.html
April 4, 2013
Free Chinese Classes Commencing On April 15th Register Now! (Members Only! - Contact V047-B)
April 3, 2013
Don't get violent in China or you will end up like this foreign teacher - one year behind Chinese bars!
Foreign Teacher Jailed In China For Defending Family Home
March 26, 2013
The 2013 Whitelist has finally been compiled
It took 5 volunteers 3 months to read and decipher all your emails and then score your nominations after deducting points for unresolved complaints. Before we jump to the list we want to put things in proper perspective. There are over 19,000 schools operating in China today but only 7,230 use foreign teachers. 95% of these schools are properly licensed, legitimate, and honorable. The "problematic" schools you find on our blacklist are surely the minority that represent the 5% of the bad apples. Generally speaking, the public universities, international schools, and public schools, are mostly honorable. You will note that most of the schools that are blacklisted by the CFTU and elsewhere are usually private Chinese-owned schools. And now to our white-list for 2013 you can either scroll down or just click here if you do not have a VPN: 2013 CFTU Whitelist - Part I
March 20, 2013
57 Beijing Teachers To Be Deported For Visa Violations
Thus far in the March PSB Beijing crackdown only 15 schools were visited at random by the PSB but yielded 57 foreign teachers working illegally on tourist, business, and student visas Those that were able to buy and show an airplane ticket home were released from detention within 6 hours.All of those detained must leave China within 10 days and they have been banned from reentry for 5 years. Of the 57 detained, 23 teachers were recruited by China ESL, 12 teachers were recruited by Jeff Gao, 10 were recruited by Hangzhou Helen, 5 were recruited by agent Danny Liu, and 6 teachers were recruited by Teachers Alliance China. The crack down will continue to the end of the month in Beijing and six other unknown cities. To understand the seriousness of this issue, see the stats below these links from last year:
http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/articles/blogs-shanghai/family-matters-shanghai/breaking-news-shanghai-rego-staff-faces-deportation-if-work-visas-not-obtained/
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Do not accept any teaching jobs in China until a Z Visa is provided to you before your arrival in China!
March 15, 2013
WARNING! Identity Theft of Expats In China Increasing to approximately 5,000 victims per month - Half are Foreign Teachers! - Read This To Protect Yourself...
http://open.salon.com/blog/china_business_central/2013/03/13/phony_china_recruiters_now_target_5000_expats_monthly_1
March 15, 2013
WARNING! Identity Theft of Expats In China Increasing to approximately 5,000 victims per month - Half are Foreign Teachers! - Read This To Protect Yourself...
http://open.salon.com/blog/china_business_central/2013/03/13/phony_china_recruiters_now_target_5000_expats_monthly_1
February 25, 2013
VISA FRAUD ALERT
February 22, 2013
CHINA SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FRAUD
VISA FRAUD ALERT
We have issued a China-Wide Visa Fraud Alert for all teachers asked to work on an L (tourist) or F (business Visa). Be advised the PSB informed us last week that they will be visiting 30 schools in March for a routine visa check and any teacher working without a "Z" visa will be be fined and deported within 10 consecutive days with a five year reentry ban. If any agent or school has specifically instructed/advised you that it is okay to work on a L or F visa, please send us the details in strict confidence and you can apply to the PSB to get a 30 day enforcement exemption certificate - enough time to straighten out your mess. More details can be obtained at this link: VISA FRAUD ALERT
February 22, 2013
CHINA SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FRAUD
The CFTU has recently opened an official investigation on 37 Chinese school principals across China reported by expat teachers for extorting teachers for money to obtain their release letters. Some of the complaints can be read in our blacklist comments section below .If you have any evidence or information to help expand our investigation, please send us an email in strict confidence to tips@ChinaForeignTeachersUnion.org This investigation is already having an impact even beyond our reach as expats and even former Vice-Principals are now speaking out as you can see here...
http://www.zimbio.com/Exposing+Scams/articles/4fbZBnV02YJ/Want+Earn+Bucks+China+Become+Chinese+School#channel=f383eb2ea8cb092&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zimbio.com&channel_path=%2Fhtml%2Fchannel.html%3Ffb_xd_fragment%23xd_sig%3Df26a6a6bcd2017%26
Be advised that Shane English has been tentatively cleared of any wrongdoing in the Wenzhou fiasco involving the principal of Pingyang Quishi School (Wenzhou) which they say has not been affiliated with Shane English for over a year, but which continues to illegally use the Shane logo, brochures, books, and good name when recruiting both teachers and students. Our official response is as follows:
"Due to a delayed response from Shane English, we only now discovered that they are no longer affiliated with the Wenzhou School involved in this fiasco, even though this school continues to use the Shane name in their sales pitch and brochures. Unfortunately this happens in China where "cooperation" is common and reputable foreign companies allow local Chinese partners to us either good name. We regret that the email contact addresses found on the internet for Shane were not still in service as we mistook their lack of a reply as indifference. To be clear, Shane English is no longer affiliated with Pingyang Quishi School of Wenzhou whose principal is selling release letters to their foreign teachers. The U.K. teacher who made the complaint online here on our website has still not received his release letter as required by law."
We recently received an email from a foreign teacher at Pingyang Quishi School who now claims the school is still affiliated with Shane English and we are awaiting some documentary evidence to be provided to us. Here's the story of what took place...
The China ESL - Rebecca Tang fiasco rages on at the Beijinger... China ESL Complaint - Rebecca Tang also 5 Years Of Complaints
And now our 2012 Annual Report & Teacher's Survey...
Did YOU Know?
- Our entire CFTU staff are volunteers
- Our board directors are elected annually
- Membership in the CFTU is absolutely free
- We provide China labor laws in English for free
- We provide free contract reviews and templates
- Our training seminars for members are also free
- We do not sell any advertising, products, nor services
- We neither collect, trade, nor sell databases of any sort
- In 2012, we identified and photographed nine fake agents
- We are not affiliated with any religion & are 100% apolitical
- We only contact schools when a teacher files a complaint(s)
- In 2011, we helped over 100 teachers get their last paycheck
OUR 2013 WHITE LIST HAS BEEN COMPILED AND YOUR COPY CAN BE OBTAINED BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO:
WHITELIST@CHINAFOREIGNTEACHERSUNION.ORG
If you are not a member and want to become one, please visit this link: http://www.chinaforeignteachersunion.org/2012/12/cftu-minimum-wage-for-foreign-teachers.html
