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A Solidarity Machine? Hong Kong Labour NGOs in Guangdong

Pringle, Tim

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Although the literature on labour NGOs (LNGOs) in China has significantly expanded, few scholars have attempted to subject the work of these organizations to a Marxist perspective. This article draws on a recently developed Marxian theoretical framework on social movements to analyse the pioneering work of Hong Kong LNGOs and their partners in the province of Guangdong, China. Over the past 15 years, the Hong Kong groups, as they are known collectively, have been ideally placed to develop specific interventions in response to migrant workers’ pursuance of wage claims and improved working conditions during a time of increased rights awareness and widespread labour shortages. While consistently careful to remain the right side of China’s restrictive laws on freedom of association and demonstrations, the Hong Kong LNGOs were able to contribute to a narrative of class-based collective solidarity that has yielded significant gains for workers.

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Pringle, T. (2018). A Solidarity Machine? Hong Kong Labour NGOs in Guangdong. Critical Sociology, 44(4-5), 661-675. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920517716747

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 23, 2017
Online Publication Date Aug 31, 2017
Publication Date Jul 1, 2018
Deposit Date May 26, 2017
Publicly Available Date May 26, 2017
Journal Critical Sociology
Print ISSN 0896-9205
Electronic ISSN 1569-1632
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 44
Issue 4-5
Pages 661-675
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920517716747
Keywords NGOs, social movement, class, solidarity, collective bargaining, Hong Kong, Guangdong
Related Public URLs http://journals.sagepub.com/loi/crsb

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