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集體勞資協議由中國政府和工會開發了并且促進了(ACFTU)的所有中國聯盟從90年代中期。 至今，然而，由於缺乏真正工人參與在合同交涉，他們給中國的工作者帶來了仅有限的好處。

CLB相信應該介紹自由集體議價入談判過程的集體合同作為不僅保護工作者手段』權益，但也改進勞動管理聯繫。 假使在中國今天存在勞工和管理之間工作者的普遍惡習』權利和經常嚴厲緊張，那裡現在是越來越緊急需要促進更加巨大的工作者介入在這個過程中。

打破僵局，是提供對中國的集體合同制的詳細的介紹和分析的我們新的英文研究報告。 20頁報告在國有，私有和外國擁有的企業中描述系統的法律和管理框架和政府的共同努力和ACFTU促進集體合同橫跨中國。 報告當前分析合同交涉的主要形式上的過程和合同的各種各樣的類型生效： 包括辛苦相關問題的一個寬廣的範圍全面合同; 具體合同在薪水、健康與安全、工作訓練和婦女工作者右邊; 並且地方和產業具體合同。

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