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集体劳资协议由中国政府和工会开发了并且促进了(ACFTU)的所有中国联盟从90年代中期。 至今，然而，由于缺乏真正工人参与在合同交涉，他们给中国的工作者带来了仅有限的好处。

CLB相信应该介绍自由集体议价入谈判过程的集体合同作为不仅保护工作者手段’权益，但也改进劳动管理联系。 假使在中国今天存在劳工和管理之间工作者的普遍恶习’权利和经常严厉紧张，那里现在是越来越紧急需要促进更加巨大的工作者介入在这个过程中。

打破僵局，是提供对中国的集体合同制的详细的介绍和分析的我们新的英文研究报告。 20页报告在国有，私有和外国拥有的企业中描述系统的法律和管理框架和政府的共同努力和ACFTU促进集体合同横跨中国。 报告当前分析合同交涉的主要形式上的过程和合同的各种各样的类型生效： 包括辛苦相关问题的一个宽广的范围全面合同; 具体合同在薪水、健康与安全、工作训练和妇女工作者右边; 并且地方和产业具体合同。

The report also examines the corporate codes of conduct that have been promoted by many transnational companies as a means of protecting workers’ rights at their Chinese supplier factories. These codes of conduct have helped improve working conditions at some factories, however, much like the government’s collective contracts programme, corporate codes of conduct have largely been imposed on factories in a top-down manner and without the involvement of the workforce. CLB argues that collective contracts directly negotiated by democratically elected workers’ representatives will not only help realize the aims and objectives of corporate codes of conduct, but will also have the crucial advantage of being legally enforceable.

In the final analysis, collective contracts can help empower workers and encourage them to stand up for their legal rights, while at the same time enhancing labour-management relations and fostering the spirit of peaceful and constructive dialogue that is so needed in Chinese society today.

To read the full report, Breaking the Impasse: Promoting Worker Involvement in the Collective Bargaining and Contracts Process, click here

Han Dongfang, China Labour Bulletin