Skill, Market and Labor Organization: The Differentharacteristics of Craft Union in Taiwan
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Li, Yao-Tai
Abstract
A labor union is an organization formed for the protection of labor rights. In Taiwan, most researches related to the subject of labor unions concentrate on the industrial union rather than the craft union. These works consider a craft union’s functions to be limited to ensuring workers’ labor and health insurance. This dissertation deems that craft unions founded after democratization would display some interesting dynamics; accordingly, it aims to examine these dynamics by undertaking a case study. long-standing, relatively traditional craft union founded before democratization—the Food and Beverage Craft Union—was chosen for the analysis, and was compared with two craft unions founded after democratization, the Craft Union of Community Servicewomen founded by the Pong Wan-Ru Foundation and the Documentary Media Worker Union. This dissertation focused on the market behavior of the craft unions and their relations with the state, simultaneously connecting the differences between the craft unions formed before and after democratization. The purpose is to examine whether all the characteristics of the craft unions reflected the changed context or if they carried out any other functions beyond those designated by the state.he study found that these “emerging” craft unions functioned as collective organizations of skilled workers, attempting to influence market relations that concerned their interests and enhancing their occupational influence through market behavior. Through these activities, they could protect their own rights and interests and could even anticipate that the effects of their attempts percolate backward to the state level and thereby influence the state policy. These activities also lent new connotations to occupational labor, especially in context of public participation and the image of the craft union; in addition, the activities influenced individual work and the employment protection of labor.
Subjects
Skill
Craft Union
State Corporatism
Food and Beverage Craft Union
Craft Union of Community Servicewomen
Household Work
Market Segmentation
Documentary Media Worker Union
Image Work
Standard Labor Contract
Type
thesis
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