Collective bargaining introduced by 2010 - ACFTU

All companies in China will have a system for collective bargaining and collective labor contracts in place by 2010, a high level official of China's only allowed trade union ACFTU has said in a press conference, according to the China Daily.

Zhang Qiujian, a senior official with the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, said at a press meeting in Beijing that the federation was firmly committed to helping workers in all companies, including State-owned, private and foreign-owned, to fight for decent wages.

By the end of next year, already 60 percent of the workers should have collective contracts, she added. Already over 100 million workers are covered by collective contracts.