Oh God, oh shit, I said I wasn't going to do it. I said I wasn't going to start a China struggle session. Already getting flashbacks to the Discord.

But something just doesn't sit right with me and wanted to get some clarification here...

My question is this: why does China ban labor organizing/unions?

Is this yikes/intentional/actually a good thing?

(Yeah, I do know that labor unions are not always unequivocally good and sometimes they act more like middle management than as representatives of the workers... but democratizing the workplace seems like a no-brainer for any socialist project.)

Thoughts?

  • volkvulture [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    commodities & most forms of production are carried out within nation states

    https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/trade-union-fast-food-giants-violate-labor-law-china/

    but it's the corporations, foreign & domestic, who are undermining the state of labor relations in China, and not necessarily the CPC