Mingwei Liu
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801450242
- eISBN:
- 9780801462931
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801450242.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, Asian Politics
This chapter examines union organizing in China. It discusses the institutional innovations of regional unions that have organized community unions, market unions, office building unions, and union ...
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This chapter examines union organizing in China. It discusses the institutional innovations of regional unions that have organized community unions, market unions, office building unions, and union associations covering multiple workplaces in areas with high concentrations of small enterprises and individually owned businesses. Despite the weak bargaining power of these union associations, they are active in other functions, including organizing migrant workers, providing welfare and entertainment, and representing workers in labor dispute mediation. The chapter suggests that the relative independence of these unions from employers, in contrast to the employer-dominated enterprise unions, means that they have more independence when representing labor in the future.Less
This chapter examines union organizing in China. It discusses the institutional innovations of regional unions that have organized community unions, market unions, office building unions, and union associations covering multiple workplaces in areas with high concentrations of small enterprises and individually owned businesses. Despite the weak bargaining power of these union associations, they are active in other functions, including organizing migrant workers, providing welfare and entertainment, and representing workers in labor dispute mediation. The chapter suggests that the relative independence of these unions from employers, in contrast to the employer-dominated enterprise unions, means that they have more independence when representing labor in the future.
