Chinese Concept of Labor Management & Relations

According to a special report on labor in China, as of June 1, 2000, there were more than 200 million people earning work wages, and half of them are affiliated with labor unions. However, those wages typically average $20 to $30 U.S. a week. Likewise, most of the available labor is moving to the cities along the coasts, where the wages are higher, sometimes reaching $400 a month. There is, therefore, a vast pool of available labor, although the majority of this pool is not well trained.

As China continues into the WTO, it is assumed that there will be improvement in Employer-Employee relations. At this time, because of the vast pool of labor available for the work place, employers are not constrained to be particularly sensitive to worker's needs.

According to the Oct. 1 Hong Kong Ming Pao, as translated and reported on China Online, the country is currently working on amending its Labor Union Law. Significant changes are reportedly in the works, including allowing workers to form their own labor unions. The new law would even allow employees to go on strike, the newspaper said. If implemented, this would

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