Table of Contents

Foreword　
Introduction
Part I 
Representing Workers Interests through Trade Unions
RudoL f Traub-Merz
The All China Federation of Trade Unions （ACFTU）
Structure, Functions and the Challenges from Collective Bargaining　
The ACFTU as a Lobby Organisation - The Making of the Labour Contract Law　
Tripartite Coordination with Chinese Characteristics: A First Step
Towards Tripartite Consultation and Social Dialogue?　
Capacity-building and Reform of Chinese Trade Unions：Using Legal and Democratic Means to Resolve the Conflict of Roles of Trade Union Chairs
The "Yiwu Model" and Labor Rights Protection with Chinese Characteristics
The Prospect of Trade Union Reform in China: The Cases of Wal-Mart　and　Honda　
In the Absence of Industrial Democracy: Industrial Conflicts in　China　and　Vietnam　　
Informal Labour Activism and the Prospects for Industrial Relations　Reform　in　Vietnam　
Transition in Union Representation and the Organisation of Worker Representation in Korea　
Representation of Workers by Trade Unions: The Case of Germany

Part II 
Workplace Representation of Workers beyond Trade Unions
An Overview of the Workers' Congress System in China
Workplace Consultation inVietnam　
Industrial democracy through the Labor-Management Council in Non-union Firms in South-Korea　
Representation of Workers at Plant and Company Level in Germany - Elected Representatives and Their Legal Position

Part III
Corporate Social RespOnsibility and Workers InterestsReingart Zimmer
WIll Corporate Social Responsility Help tO Improve
Working Conditions?
Liu Kaiming
The Current Situation and Trend of Corporate Social
Responsibilitv in China 
Pun Ngai and Lu Huilin
The Foxconn Production Model and the New Era of
Student Workers---MaFen Knolle
Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chains：Improving
Working Conditions through Dialogue and Cooperation
Jenny Chan
Labour Rights Training at HP Supplier Factories in China-
Abotlt the aLlthors