- Title
- The dynamics of recent changes in the Chinese trade union movement
- Creator
- Sun, Shaobo; Bray, Mark
- Relation
- Labour & Industry Vol. 24, Issue 3, p. 173-191
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2014.961680
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Australasia
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- The paper explores the reforms of Chinese trade unions during 2010–2013. Using publicly available data, the paper discusses changes to the three levels. The national All-China Federation of Trade Unions is making efforts to change its main goal from achieving social stability towards protecting worker rights and interests, in the process pursuing campaigns to expand union coverage and membership and advocating ‘democratic management’ within enterprises. The regional trade unions are increasingly encouraging workplace unions in winning wage increases and recognising non-union worker associations. The workplace unions are becoming more democratic and more actively protecting workers’ interests, promoting workers’ personal development and intervening in labour disputes. These reforms in union structure and strategy are explained by the changing context within which unions operate, which have resulted in an unusual combination of ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ pressures. Evaluating the union initiatives, however, is more problematic. Whether they are the first steps in a new model of Chinese unionism or a re-adjustment of the traditional model remains a judgement that can only be made in the course of time and with more systematic empirical research.
- Subject
- Chinese union movement; collective bargaining; trade union coverage and membership; workplace unions
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1298580
- Identifier
- uon:19695
- Identifier
- ISSN:1030-1763
- Language
- eng
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