unionism – Jinghua Qian

7 Mar 2023

Eating well on a solo budget | The Guardian

“I like cooking, but mainly because I like eating…”

Another one for The Guardian, this time on food: some practical tips on how to feed yourself during a cost-of-living crisis, from someone who relies heavily on carbs, condiments and solidarity.

15 Jul 2021

‘All clothes are handmade’: the migrant workers behind Australian fashion | The Guardian

For The Guardian, I wrote about the migrant workers behind the ‘made in Australia’ label and how their winning campaign for equal rights might be instructive for other gig economy workers today.

Stories of Vietnamese garment workers in Australia — An excerpt from Emma Do and Kim Lam’s graphic narrative, *Working From Home*, or *may ở nhà*.

I talked to Emma Do and Kim Lam, the writer and illustrator of Working From Home, a graphic narrative about Vietnamese outworkers in the garment industry, and Nguyet Nguyen and Beth McPherson, veteran manufacturing workers and organisers in the textile, clothing and footwear union.