The Labour Movement in Taiwan

The Class Context of Temporary Immigration, Racism and Civic Nationalism in Taiwan

“…Both external and internal forces have shaped this fragility, including the proliferation of small businesses, which have long been inaccessible to the underresourced unions, and the impact of industrial relations legislation which discourages both union recruitment and the formation of industry-wide labour organisations. Union density and shop-floor activism in Taiwan have been in almost uninterrupted Class, Immigration, Racism and Civic Nationalism in Taiwan 301 decline since the early 1990s (Minns and Tierney, 2003). The aforementioned Article 16 of the Labor Union Law prevents migrants from establishing unions and seeking union office.…”

Working Class Formation in Taiwan

“…The traditional ideal of familial harmony was a dominant value in guiding the intrafirm interpersonal relationships for the collaborative pursuit of prosperity (Kao 1999;Lee 2004). Basically, culturalists simply ignored conflicts in the workplace and assumed that a shared cultural heritage persuaded workers to internalize managerial authority and industrial discipline (Minns and Tierney 2003).…”

The Economic and Political Transformation of Taiwan from a Limited to an Open Access Order

“…Polityka gospodarcza prowadzona w latach 70. pozwoliła przezwyciężyć problemy gospodarcze, ale jej efektem była także ogromna degradacja środowiska, szczególnie w Kaohsiung, gdzie skoncentrowany był przemysł petrochemiczny. W latach 80. pojawiły się liczne protesty mieszkańców południa zaniepokojonych degradacją środowiska oraz pracowników niezadowolonych z warunków pracy [Hsu, Cheng, 2002, s. 903;Minns, Tierney, 2003].…”