What Is an Official Strike?

The right to strike is also called "freedom to strike" or "group right". The employee (a laborer in the economic sense) has obtained the right of self-help in accordance with the law in the event of a labor dispute that cannot be resolved.

Right to strike

The right to strike is also called "freedom to strike" or "group right". The employee (a laborer in the economic sense) has obtained the right of self-help in accordance with the law in the event of a labor dispute that cannot be resolved.

Chinese name

Right to strike

Also known as

"Freedom to strike" or "group right"

Nature

Self-service rights

Purpose

Workers defend their economic and social interests

Western law considers this to be an important means used by workers and their organizations to defend their economic and social interests.

The first strike climax

Since January 1922, China's first strike has begun. This climax did not end until February 1923. It lasted for 13 months. The number of strikes should be more than 100, and the number of participants should be more than 300,000. Let us first describe the general situation of this climax.

In January 1922, the Hong Kong seamen's strike was the first tide of the climax, followed by the Yangtze River seamen's strike, the Shanghai postman's strike, and the Rihua Spinners' strike. In May, after the National Labor Conference, workers in the salt industry went on strike in Guangzhou. Strikes continued in Shanghai's Rihua Spinnery, and general strikes took place in all Chinese in Macao. Then the climax rose again and fell to June. In July, the Hankou Iron and Steel Plant went on strike, and the labor tide rose again. At this time, the labor legislation movement spread throughout the country, and the working class had a current program of struggle, which pushed the climax upward. First manifested in the strike of Changxindian railway workers in August, followed by the strike at Hanyang Arsenal and the strike of women workers in Shanghai Silk Mill. Since then, due to the victory of the Changxindian strike, it has affected the major railways and the two lakes in the north, and the climax has become even more surging. In September, the Wuchang section of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway went on strike again, the Shanfeng customs on the Beijing-Fengshan Railway went on strike, the Anyuan coal mine went on strike, the Hankou Yangzi Machine Works went on strike, and the Beijing-Fengshan Railway Tangshan on strike in October. By the end of October, five major coal mines in Kailuan went on strike, and the labor tide reached its peak. Kailuan strikes have failed, and the tide of work has begun to show signs of depression. The so-called gold and silver industry in Shanghai, the Warsaw Plant in Japan, and the Anglo-American Tobacco Factory's Workers' Triangle Alliance went on strike. They all failed, and the labor tide said in Shanghai to retreat first. Despite this, in the major railways and the two lakes in the north, the tide of work still swirls around the railway. In October, strikes by train workers on the Jingsui Railway occurred, in Shijiazhuang on the Zhengtai Railway in December, and in Puzhen, Jinpu Road in January. The flower factory strike in January of the following year, and the British and American tobacco factories went on strike again. Strike in Shuikoushan lead mine in Hunan. The third strike on the Wuchang section of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway. In Wuhan, the strike at the Hankou British and American Tobacco Factory occurred in November. Until February 1923, the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway strike broke out and the "Twenty-seven" tragedy occurred. This was the last raging wave of the strike climax. Since then, the Chinese workers' movement has temporarily entered a period of depression.

Right to Strike in China

Our country's 1975 and 1978 constitutions provided citizens with the right to freedom of strike, but the 1982 constitution completely abolished that provision.

At present, our country's regulations are: "Trade Union Law": When an enterprise has a shutdown or idle event, the trade union should work with the company's administration or related parties to resolve the reasonable requirements that can be resolved by the employees and restore normal production order as soon as possible.

In the event of suspension or idleness of an enterprise or institution, the trade union shall, on behalf of the employee, consult with the enterprise or institution or relevant parties, reflect the opinions and requirements of the employee, and propose solutions. As for the reasonable requirements of employees, enterprises and institutions shall address them. The trade union assists enterprises and institutions to do their jobs well and restore production and work order as soon as possible.

Over the years, strikes in enterprises have been resolved in accordance with the Trade Union Law.

States prohibited by strike

In some countries, employees of all public utilities are explicitly barred from participating in strikes. The U.S. Railroad Labor Act clearly restricts where employees in the aviation and railroad industries can legally strike. The US National Labor Relations Act allows strikes, but it also bans certain industries where strikes can lead to national crises, such as public transport workers and civil servants.