Ethnicity and practice in Malaysian unions

In mainland Malaysia, the tri-ethnic schema of Malay-Chinese-Indian continues to have a decisive influence on macro-level policy and micro-level behaviour. However, other means of organizing experience are not entirely precluded. This article features the profiles of three Malaysian trade union leaders who must, in effect, feed the concept of class through an ethnic grid in order to attract and retain union members. The lives of these unionists exemplify how ethnicity and class in Malaysia, as elsewhere, are constructive processes that demand the active participation of individuals even as that participation is subject to the constraints of hegemony. However, there is certainly sufficient play in the Malaysian system to suggest that current ethnic and class concepts - and, indeed, hegemony itself - have great potential for change. Keywords: Malaysiaethnicitytrade unionsclasspracticeleadership

China · Constructive · Ethnic group · Geography · Harmony (color · Hegemony · Mainland · Mainland China · Malay · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Schema (genetic algorithms · Sociology · Gender Studies · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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