Chinese Journal of Sociology ›› 2011, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 112-130.

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The Internal State Mechanism in Collective Bargaining:Evidence from the Collective Bargaining by Wenling Sweater Industry

Author: Wen Xiaoyi，Chinese Institute of Industrial Relations   

  1. Author: Wen Xiaoyi，Chinese Institute of Industrial Relations.
  • Online:2011-01-20 Published:2011-01-20
  • Contact: Author: Wen Xiaoyi，Chinese Institute of Industrial Relations. E-mail:wenxiaoyi008@sina.com
  • About author:Author: Wen Xiaoyi，Chinese Institute of Industrial Relations.
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    The project was supported by National Social Science Fund (10BJY029

     

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Abstract:

 Collective bargaining, a great social invention as a means to resolve labor conflicts in Western society, has not only won the support of workers and their trade unions but also aroused employers’ interest. Through a consultative process, commitment to the agreedupon contract and the development of common interests, an internal state mechanism is created to settle the resentment collectively shared among the workers. In China, trade unions cannot be an effective initiator of collective bargaining due to the Constraints of state corporatism; intensified labor conflicts, on the other hand, are most likely to make the employers be the real “igniter of the engine.” This paper takes a qualitative approach to analyze the collective bargaining by Wenling Sweater Industry to understand the dynamics between the employers and workers in the collective bargaining process in the context of competition and struggle, and the evolvement of the internal “compliancetotheorder” state mechanism on the survival ethics from “disorderly fights”.