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In China's case, the State sides with the workers But that's not true. It sides with a very narrow view of the role workers play in a communist society. Try
by refurb 3y ago
In China's case, the State sides with the workers
But that's not true. It sides with a very narrow view of the role workers play in a communist society.
Try and go to China and start a workers union. You'll quickly find yourself in prison. Why? Because there is only one union ACFTU and it's controlled by the state.
So clearly China doesn't side with the workers.
The problem with China's system is that in order to maintain this rigid system it must bring the power of the state to bear against those who challenge it. It's rationale is that the state are the people. The ACFTU represents all workers, so how could anyone be opposed to it except someone opposed to the system itself?
After a while, it's just the state using it's monopoly on violence not to maintain a fair system, but rather the system itself.
It's a characteristic of all authoritarian systems.
- derelicta 3y agoHere is an interesting article about China's regulations regarding trade unions: <https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-trade-unions-considerations-for-employers-under-new-amended-law/ https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-trade-unions-consi...> tl;dr anyone can form unions in China, its just that they have to be under the supervisory authority of the ACFTU. Pretty much like the US where trade unions can get formed through the NLRB :)
- refurb 3y ago> Pretty much like the US where trade unions can get formed through the NLRB :) It's nothing of the same. The NLRB is the regulatory body that exacts the law and arbitrates. It would be "pretty much like" if the US required all unions to be formed under the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and jailed anyone who didn't.