Arbeitspapier
Chinese multinationals: Threat to, or opportunity for, trade unions? The case of Sinohydro in Ghana
There is a growing literature on global Chinese companies, but this tends to be at a very general level. There is little research to date on the effect of Chinese involvement on workers and their unions. Although focussed on one company, SINOHYDRO, this paper addresses questions of importance to construction unions globally: What is the impact of growing Chinese MNC involvement and how should unions respond? This paper puts the experience of workers at SINOHYDRO in Ghana into perspective and argues that: there is value in standardising and formalising industrial relations practices in MNCs through an International Framework Agreement; without workplace militancy and solidarity there is little chance of progress in bargaining; it is important that guidance and best practice notes on public sector contract compliance are available to unions at a local level; greater co-ordination and co-operation between the various levels of the union movement is essential; and despite their reputation for anti-union behaviour, in certain situations Chinese companies are prepared to recognise unions and enter into dialogue with workers' representatives at workplace level.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Global Labour University Working Paper ; No. 46
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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multinational enterprise
construction industry
construction worker
Chinese
labour relations
trade union role
case study
regional level
Ghana
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Williams, Glynne
Davies, Steve
Lamptey, Julius
Tetteh, Jonathan
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Geneva
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Williams, Glynne
- Davies, Steve
- Lamptey, Julius
- Tetteh, Jonathan
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
Entstanden
- 2017
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