Reform and Repair: A Study on Labor Relations in State-Owned Enterprises in Contemporary China

Author: Li Qi
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book is a research. Unlike previous studies, this research attempts to take the government policies, which are referred to as "repair measures" in this book, as a starting point. Based on a summary of the government's reform policies and repair measures, it describes the alternating application of these two types of policies in the process of gradual reform, and further examines the characteristics of labor relations in state-owned enterprises during the transition. After analyzing case interview transcripts and literature, the book will delve into three issues. , after the establishment of the modern corporate system and the labor market, what role does the government play in corporate labor relations. In other words, to what extent does the government intervene in or withdraw from corporate labor relations? Second, after the operators of state-owned enterprises gain greater power and become the legal representatives of the legal entity, can the subjects of labor relations in state-owned enterprises be clearly identified? Can the interests of the subjects be clearly divided? Third, after state-owned enterprises obtain independent legal status, what is the relationship between the trade unions of state-owned enterprises and the operators, as well as between the trade unions and the workers? More specifically, what are the practical functions of the trade unions in state-owned enterprises?