Employment relations “with Chinese characteristics”: the role of trade unions in China

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Hauptverfasser: Ying Zhu, Malcolm Warner, Tongqing Feng
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Veröffentlicht: International Labour Organization 2011
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author Ying Zhu
Malcolm Warner
Tongqing Feng
author_facet Ying Zhu
Malcolm Warner
Tongqing Feng
Ying Zhu
Malcolm Warner
Tongqing Feng
contents Employment relations “with Chinese characteristics”: the role of trade unions in China Ying Zhu Malcolm Warner Tongqing Feng Reviewing recent labour developments and trade union policy shifts in historical perspective, this article explores the role of trade unions in China’s efforts to promote a “harmonious society”. The much-criticized “top-down” approach associated with the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, however, has led to growing pressure “from below”, as evidenced by the recent increase in the number of strikes. With an emergent new role for trade unions, the authors argue, an employment relations system “with Chinese characteristics” is now institutionally embedded in the People’s Republic. 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2011.00108.x DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2011.00108.x publication.journalArticle
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spellingShingle Employment relations “with Chinese characteristics”: the role of trade unions in China
Ying Zhu
Malcolm Warner
Tongqing Feng
Employment relations “with Chinese characteristics”: the role of trade unions in China Ying Zhu Malcolm Warner Tongqing Feng Reviewing recent labour developments and trade union policy shifts in historical perspective, this article explores the role of trade unions in China’s efforts to promote a “harmonious society”. The much-criticized “top-down” approach associated with the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, however, has led to growing pressure “from below”, as evidenced by the recent increase in the number of strikes. With an emergent new role for trade unions, the authors argue, an employment relations system “with Chinese characteristics” is now institutionally embedded in the People’s Republic. 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2011.00108.x DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2011.00108.x publication.journalArticle
title Employment relations “with Chinese characteristics”: the role of trade unions in China
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