THE SPEAKER

Tim Pringle is a Senior Lecturer in Labour, Social Movements and Development at SOAS University of London and Editor of The China Quarterly. He has been an activist trade unionist since starting work and is currently a union rep for the University and College Union at SOAS. His research focuses on labour movements, industrial relations and trade union reform in China, Russia and Vietnam. Tim’s authored books include Trade Unions in China: the challenge of labour unrest re-issued in paperback by Routledge in 2013 and co-authorship of The Challenge of Transition: Trade Unions in Russia, China and Vietnam (2011, Palgrave). Recent peer-reviewed journal articles include ‘A Class Against Capital: Class and Collective Bargaining in Guangdong’, Globalizations, 2017: 14 (2); ‘A Solidarity Machine? Hong Kong Labour NGOs in Guangdong, Critical Sociology(2018, 44 (5); ‘Taming Labour: Workers’ struggles, workplace unionism and collective bargaining on a Chinese waterfront’) ILR Review (2018, 71 (5) with Meng Quan; and ‘Shades of Authoritarianism and State-Labour Relations in China’, British Journal of Industrial Relations (2019) with Jude Howell.

* A lecture on trade union will given by Professor Tim Pringle prior to this talk, you are welcome to participate!

TITLE/题目:  Trade Unions in Transition: From Command to Market Economies 

         转型中的工会：从计划经济到市场经济

TIME/时间:   13:30-14:50, Oct,22 2019.                                                     2019年10月22日13:30-14:50

VENUE/地点:  Room 615 , Wenke Building, Handan Campus                      文科楼615室