Abstract
Despite the vast research by researchers on Vietnam's wildcat strike, little is known of the perspective of the Southern Focal Economic Zone. The overall reason that emerges from the literature included: (1) raising wages for workers; (2) contributing to social security for workers; (3) and paying a seniority allowance. The aim of the present research is to figure out the reasons for the current wildcat strikes among Vietnamese blue-collar workers. A group of 936 Vietnamese blue-collar workers (387 males and 549 females) from four Southern Vietnam cities participated in the survey. They completed the Reasons are given for Wildcat Strikes questionnaire. The descriptive results showed that the highest mean among those reasons is ‘‘Labor regulations at the company are too strict’’. The result of this research emphasizes the impact of each reason by investigating nonoffice workers’ perspective so as to predict which the potential reasons are for future strikes in Southern Vietnam.
Highlights
Wildcat strikes have drawn much attention over the last three decades
On the ground that strikes in Vietnam rarely last long, it is dispensable for employers to propose legal intervention such as taking legal action against these strikes
The survey tools were distributed to 1200 Vietnamese blue-collar workers of companies located in Southern Focal Economic Zone, Vietnam, of which 983 questionnaires were returned, with a return rate of 81.9%, which had exceeded the 30% response rate most researchers require for analysis (Dillman, 2000)
Summary
Wildcat strikes have drawn much attention over the last three decades. They have played an important role in Vietnamese labor history (Chi & Broek, 2013). A wildcat strike often referred to a strike action undertaken by unionized workers without union leadership's authorization, support, or approval (Blanc, 2019). On the ground that strikes in Vietnam rarely last long, it is dispensable for employers to propose legal intervention such as taking legal action against these strikes. Wildcat strikes are those that did not follow the procedures stipulated by the Vietnamese labor law (Anner & Liu, 2016). Almost 80% of strikes since 1995 have taken place in the foreign-invested enterprises in Southern Vietnam (Chi, 2008)
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