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Usually ships within 3 to 5 working days Description of Trade Unions in ChinaChina's trade unions are at a turning point. The country's embrace of globalisation and global integration which was demonstrated so vividly during the 2008 Olympics has produced domestic and external factors that are pushing the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) into a decisive break with policies and practices inherited from the command economy. This book focuses on how the ACFTU is reforming under current conditions. It argues that it is the dependence of primary level trade unions on the employers, not acceptance of Party leadership, which is the main obstacle to effective union work and that the evolving labour unrest, as opposed to legal developments, is the main force driving trade union reform. While exploring the dominant direction of this reform, which has been to channel disputes into juridical forms of dispute resolution sponsored by the State, the book also highlights key examples of more innovative experiments in trade union work that represent a clear break with past practice and, crucially, have been recognised by both the union and Party leaderships as models for future trade union policy and practice.Title Information
Write a review of this book Customer Reviews from AmazonAbout Tim PringleTim Pringle has been researching labour relations in Asia since 1996 with particular attention to China. He has lived in China and Hong Kong for twelve years, and his previous publications include The All China Federation of Trade Unions: the Challenge of Labour Unrest (also published by Routledge) and The Challenge of Transition: Trade Unions in Russia, China and Vietnam. |
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