TY - JOUR
T1 - Trade Unions and the Welfare of Rural-Urban Migrant Workers in China
AU - Booth, Alison
AU - Freeman, Richard
AU - Meng, Xin
AU - Zhang, Jilu
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Using a panel survey, the authors investigate how the welfare of rural-urban migrant workers in China is affected by trade union presence at the workplace. Controlling for individual fixed effects, they find the following. Relative to workers from workplaces without union presence or with inactive unions, both union-covered non-members and union members in workplaces with active unions earn higher monthly income, are more likely to have a written contract, be covered by social insurances, receive fringe benefits, express work-related grievances through official channels, feel more satisfied with their lives, and are less likely to have mental health problems.
AB - Using a panel survey, the authors investigate how the welfare of rural-urban migrant workers in China is affected by trade union presence at the workplace. Controlling for individual fixed effects, they find the following. Relative to workers from workplaces without union presence or with inactive unions, both union-covered non-members and union members in workplaces with active unions earn higher monthly income, are more likely to have a written contract, be covered by social insurances, receive fringe benefits, express work-related grievances through official channels, feel more satisfied with their lives, and are less likely to have mental health problems.
U2 - 10.1177/00197939211004440
DO - 10.1177/00197939211004440
M3 - Article
JO - Industrial and Labor Relations Review
JF - Industrial and Labor Relations Review
ER -