ECONOMIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600200396-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 396
• Publication Date: November 18, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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USE OF TRAINED IN'tELLUGENCE ANALYSTS
SOURCE IDENTIFICATION ft=;hjj 8hih Lao-kma I4ien-ch2 (Sb ng`bai Labor Yearbook),
1945 Itifoivastion epeoifioaliy requested. )
I. J.AhOB TAYION LAA
(As mended and paeeed by the legislative' Yuan. 29 x+3',1947)
A. ommeral Prinoinlse
tlnicoa are for the benefit of laboring people. Lab'w unions are legal per-
seas end are nonprofit organizations. Moir dut.ee include:
1. Itnkisig, revising, and bringing to an end grouk contraoter
vender peaiaaioq of constituted authorities
? 8. Job p3aoememt for membne
Various welfare activities
Proaeotion or oooper.ntivee
g. Vooational end' Qum education
6. OsLtural projects snob as readirle room
7. Ppblicatione
$ootal aetiwities and. emnsemente
9., settli>ig diepates aaecog aeaobere or unions
10. aettliag lee-oamsgaaremt disputes
11. Aotiag as &Iaieam between government and labor
32. Xnsestigation of oamlition9 and preparing of etaltietice
13. bye' sment of working conditions, health, security, etc.
14. Other legitiete donee
visions are under govern ewmt over-all enperaieion. ibnyloyeeo In S-:,wrra
met sa Outive or eduoationol :arrk, or in Its n&aition industries, may not tam
unions.
7d. Otctiamitatioa
When there arc 50 or moan factory workers over 2C years of ago or 30 or
mode laborers over 2G 'sera of age in ,ao aroma, they should organise a pleat
or aeoapationai union. An area gonerallj speaking in an exiating political
gait and each area is to have only one union of any me type. Orgeniration
s~n?
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shalt take place cal;r frith pofld 1dfi'abtEmect from constitute . , WRO
shall have supervision, over adoption of constitution and election of officers.
All workers, male lard female, over 16 3-ears old, shall join one and only one
union concerned with their type of work. All employees of a factory, sabc chase
representing maneent, sic, entitled to join.
D. Officers
Ewe motion preacribae usual proosdure and duties;] officers must be
union fibers who are Chirose citizens at least 23 years of W.
Meetings of the entire membership or their representativea, shell beheld at
least annually, with 15 da;'e'notice to the authorities. The usual types of busi-
noes may bo conducted. Cnci half of the membership or of the representatives shall
constitute a quort.
unqualified. In Taber-management disputes, a strike may not be proclaimed with-
out "sorting to oonc.liation first, and then only by majority decision of the
moat be approved by ocav tion and by the authorities. Methods of handling
finance shall be repotted to the autbortticr.
0. o tral
F. E LW-"
1)aion income shall 'rs derived from entrance fees and dues, endowments,
and special oontributiors. Entrance fete aua not exceed one day's wagr, and
membership through mamet ballot. In amen that have been submitted to arbitra-
tion, or adjudloated thereby, a strike *(ay sot be proclaimed. In a strike it is
not permitted to die?.urb public order, :o interfere witu others' lives, property)
or personal freedom; nor stay a union priolaim a strike for a raise above stead-
.ard wager. Wr3mb6reldp and finance reowea and year-end _eporte a*iaU be sub-
mitted to tic eutkaritisa. Unions or members may not be guilty of forbidden
practices L14.6teg, or pass illagel resolutions, nor may a union. join with my
union in mother oormtry, without the gorsrmaent'e permieeien.
H. Protctticat
Thployers my not diairiatmato again t any laborer for being a union
offleer. Tice shall be allowed offioer,..,tor union business. When a debtor
gees bsokrupt, the labor mion shell hive prior lien on his aosete. Union prop-
arty and eadoment any not. be confias,.tod.
T. Dis~ioa
Labor odious lay be !.issolvod ty the .authoritiea for soun4 reasons, but
they may appeal within 30 days. Zh"y also may di.bend, merge, or divide as
, is chapter coat3lns formal reg. utiors and pro odure,.]
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Those vhc dieoboy the regulation.) about strikes may have their union die
solved and their leaders tar_lt with according to the criminal cods. Unions;
o?fior-,rs, and mambos s, rnd ampldyori: also who v iu . ute' ov leione 'of talc i.aw
may be prosecuted and fined.
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L. Beaalties
M. B9-Lertva
Detailed rules for application of this law shall be drawn up by the Min-
istry of Social Affairs for approval by the 1.xeo utioe Yuen. This law shall be
in fordo from date of publication.
U. LAW FOR SEM7* EMT CW LA23oR-bt'ytlGEAgs?.1!T DI?P?,TTgs
(Revised and published by the government, 31 MY 1843)
A. C:eriesol Principles
This lay applies to a dispute between an :aiployer and a group of 15 or
acre eaarkers; it does not apply to 3overnment-operated business. When a
diapers aria`s, the gov.runut may t=42ato rho requested by one or both
parties; or, if adjudged necessary, It mV intervene. In the came of
non- utilities or transport, If mediation falls, the batter shalll, be
arbitrated. In other oases, if madiatioa fails, me party may appeal for
arbitm,tio; or if use weary the eutbarities any Institute arbitsatton-
Ceeiliation shall be `cried first, uulese both parties request arbitration. The
arbitration award shall be accepted as final, and if am party Is a union, as
a ooatsset.
B. A,snoiee for Settling Labor-Nenaaament Disputes
1. Nediertion Agencies
Such an agency shall be a committee of five to seven persons, one to
three appointed by the authorities, and two each appointed by the two partied.
The forasr do not have to be government officials. Within 3 days of receiving
notice of mediation, both parties shall ohooae delegates and inform the govarn-
went of their asses and addresses. The obmmittee shall meet promptly, with
go-riwmt roprasentative as chairnau. When the sass dispute crises in diYrvr-
eat baistw, the guverrmnt representatives shall be appointed by the province;
when the .a a dispute arises in different provinces, by the Ministry of Sconal
Affairs.
2. Arbitration Agencies
Such an agency shall be a committee of five parsers, two rergresenra-
t..wes of the authorities, one of the local court, one each of labor and capital
circles not diteat34 affected by the dispute. 'Nay two ieerc provincttol and
city authorities shall ask labor and capital groups to prepare a panel of suit
able persons 2Ycm whom representatives of each group could be chosen for any
dispute and who are not directly affected by the dispute. Any who haves acted
as mediators any not sit as arbitrators in the same case.
0. a 4me for Settling labor-Menc. ment Dim ;tau
When mediation is desires, the application should state all salient
features. Wit weed may be celled and records easmined, When the decluicu is
made, !t shall be Signed end is then valid The authorities shall be informed
of the declaim.
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}fben arbitration is tion should be made to the authori-,
ties, stating all salient fea IWAM same procedure shall be followed
as in mediation. Decision shall be by a majority of the arbit'-atora, with all
tang part, and shall be reported to both disputants, with a copy sent to the
govee eat office. At any stogy in the process the disputants may came to an
agreement, but should report one to arbitrators.
i loysrs and.amploytee in any noncoserMent utility or transportation buei-
noes may not close down or orrlks in any labor-management dispute. In other enter-
priawe, safp1oyere and employees may not close down or. strike during the period of
mediation, or after the matter bas been referred to arbitrators and not at all dur-
1mg an eamNr?enoy. Tiering mediation or arbitration, an employer may not discharge
worms, Laborers or labor mains mey not close a shop or factory, inure any
equipmwat, or force others to strike.
L ti a
Mom who fail to observe the stipulations on mediation and arbitration
shall be stlgeidered as haaieg failed to keep a contract between the disputants
and my be _sentenced to a msximem fine of 200 yuan or maximum imprisonment of
10 lop., t'bose who fail to observe the restrictions of the preceding section
may be rs d by the a4D9orit se or the committees, and if still recaloi-
t t, fimed up to 200 rusn, or if guilty of arise, turned over to the court
con reed. Other wl,olat&cos will meet with appropriate penalties and speedy
This law shell be in force from date of publication.
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