Labour relations governance at the local level

Lefeng Lin

Chapter 24 in Handbook on Local Governance in China, 2023, pp 388-406 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Chinese economic reform has dismantled the privilege of the socialist working class and remade a new urban working-class constituted by rural migrant workers in private and foreign-invested enterprises. Exploitative working conditions and despotic management led to increasing labour conflicts during the reform years, threatening economic development and regime stability. In this context, local government and union reformers have strengthened, activated, or innovated the existing labour relations institutions in order to address labour unrest proactively. The development suggests the Chinese labour governance is still experimentalist, gradualist, and decentralized in nature. In the meantime, local governments also face new challenges of labour relations resulting from ongoing economic transformation.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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