Most of Fortune 500 cos in China to have trade unions by Sept
Workers in 80 per cent of the Fortune Global 500 companies doing business in China would form trade unions by September this year.
By PTI |
BEIJING: Workers in 80 per cent of the Fortune Global 500 companies doing business in China would form trade unions by September this year, an official of the country's trade union federation has said. Presently, unions have been formed in 50 per cent of the firms.
Workers in most such companies had not yet been able to form trade unions because of the "uncooperative attitude" of employers, Guo Wencai, Director of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions' (ACFTU) department of grassroots organization and capacity building said.
Terming the existing percentage as "low" considering that 73.4 per cent of all foreign-funded firms had formed trade unions, he said ACFTU had launched a three-month national unionization campaign in June, according to the state-run China Daily.
The ACFTU directly supervises formation of trade unions in 10 of the Fortune Global 500 firms, including Sony, Canon, FedEx, IBM, Trust-Mart and Wal-Mart's purchasing centre, it said.
More than 4,000 firms run by 245 of the Fortune Global 500 companies are currently doing business in China.
"Multinationals must abide by the country's laws if they want to do business in China," Guo said warning that labour authorities could blacklist or pull up firms for refusing to allow workers to form trade unions.
He, however said that most of the multinationals had shown a "positive attitude" towards trade unions. China had 1.52 million grassroots trade unions with 193 million members at the end of last year.
Workers in most such companies had not yet been able to form trade unions because of the "uncooperative attitude" of employers, Guo Wencai, Director of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions' (ACFTU) department of grassroots organization and capacity building said.
Terming the existing percentage as "low" considering that 73.4 per cent of all foreign-funded firms had formed trade unions, he said ACFTU had launched a three-month national unionization campaign in June, according to the state-run China Daily.
The ACFTU directly supervises formation of trade unions in 10 of the Fortune Global 500 firms, including Sony, Canon, FedEx, IBM, Trust-Mart and Wal-Mart's purchasing centre, it said.
More than 4,000 firms run by 245 of the Fortune Global 500 companies are currently doing business in China.
"Multinationals must abide by the country's laws if they want to do business in China," Guo said warning that labour authorities could blacklist or pull up firms for refusing to allow workers to form trade unions.
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He, however said that most of the multinationals had shown a "positive attitude" towards trade unions. China had 1.52 million grassroots trade unions with 193 million members at the end of last year.
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