Taming Labor
Workers' Struggles, Workplace Unionism, and Collective Bargaining on a Chinese Waterfront
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3356237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Pringle (0000-0002-9185-7346, SOAS University of London, corresponding author), Quan Meng (0009-0008-6289-6902, Tim Pringle is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Quan Meng is an Associate Professor at the Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing.), Meng Quan (0009-0007-9269-7720, SOAS University of London) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1053-1077 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0019793918768791 |
| OpenAlex | W2763823919 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article examines the case of the Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) to consider under what conditions unions can provide effective workplace representation in China. The authors draw on semi-structured interviews to analyze how and why the union was effective, despite rigid prohibitions against organizing outside of the Party-led All-China Federation of Trade Unions. The authors argue that the YICT union developed a system of annual collective bargaining that tamed the power of militant dockworkers and helped prevent strikes. This outcome required an effective enterprise-level trade union that was nevertheless able to influence and manage members' somewhat ambiguous acceptance of its role. Ultimately, workers' interests were partially represented and their acquisition of associational power-in the form of trade unions-increased
Bargaining power · Business · China · Collective bargaining · Economics · International trade · Labour economics · Militant · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics) · Representation (politics) · Trade union · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
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Asymmetries of Spatial Contestations
Pension Systems and Labour Resistance in Post-socialist China and Vietnam
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Mobilizing Truck Drivers in China
From Insurgency to Movement
Precarization and Labor Resistance
Insurgency Trap
Against the Law
Forces of Labor
InterViews
A Class Against Capital
Dockworkers’ Resistance and Union Reform within China’s Globalised Seaport Industry
The Yue Yuen Strike
China’s 2008 Labor Contract Law
Experimentation and decentralization in China’s labor relations
Chinese migrants’ work experience and city identification
Labor Conflicts in China
Labor Insurgency in China
Reflections on Labor in China
Alienated Politics
Precarization or Empowerment? Reflections on Recent Labor Unrest in China
The Changing Nature of Labor Unrest in China
Union Organizing in China
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Working-Class Power, Capitalist-Class Interests, and Class Compromise
Insurgency and institutionalization
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |