Trade Unions and Multinational Companies in China

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By Chris Xiaoyun Lin of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldIn early July, the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) announced a 90-day campaign to…

By Chris Xiaoyun Lin of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld


In early July, the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) announced a 90-day campaign to introduce unions into Fortune 500 companies operating in China. The objective of the campaign was to raise the rate of unionisation among those companies from 60% to 80%. The initial targets of this campaign were 2,460 multinationals, including 10,000 of their subsidiaries and branches. By late July, the ACFTU announced that some of their targets had already formed trade unions while others were about to do so. Suddenly, the prospect of unionising most, if not all, multinational companies in China has become very real.

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