Title: The challenge of labour in China : strikes and the changing labour regime in global factories /
Authors: Chan, Chris King-chi.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Labor China; Labor policy China; Industrial relations China; Strikes and lockouts China
Abstract: "This book examines how wages are bargained, fought over and determined in China, by exploring how the pattern of labour conflict has changed over time since the 1970's. It focuses in particular on the city of Shenzhen where labour conflict and workers' protests have been especially prevalent. This book includes a detailed account of the transformation of labour relations and labour policy in China during 2004 to 2009, a period when there were significant changes in the labour market, labour regulation and labour relations. The author argues that these recent developments have brought to the fore the class basis of workers' protest in China and have thoroughly undermined the post-Marxist analysis of identity politics"--Prepage [iii].
Contents: Introduction: globalisation and Chinese migrant workers -- Labour conflict in Shenzhen: a historical review -- Community and shop floor culture: a prelude to workers' protest -- Strikes and changing power relations in the workplace -- Workplace conflict, legal institution, and labour regime -- International civil society, Chinese trade unionism, and workplace representation -- Conclusion: workers' struggle and the changing regime in China.