台灣的階級與階級鬥爭

Abstract

本文主要是探討自一九四九年起台灣工人階級的形成。著眼於構成階級形成的關鍵因素，包括快速且大量的小型企業增殖，以及農村製造業分散化的性質。文中檢證了包含獨立工會形成在內的工業化過程中的階級衝突的早期徵兆，以及為何這些工會未能像其所被期待的有效地組織，以使國家有全然的勞資關係轉變的原因。本文並審視了外籍勞工在經濟上的運用，和其在小型獨立勞工運動上的地位。

This paper deals with the formation of the working class in Taiwan since 1949. It looks at key factors which shaped class formation, including the rapid and massive proliferation of small industrial enterprises and the decentralised nature of rural manufacturing. It examines the early signs of class conflict in the industrialisation process with the formation of independent labour unions but also the reasons why these labour unions failed to organise as effectively as might have been expected given the profound industrial transformation of the country. It also surveys the use of foreign labour in the economy and its position in relation to the small independent labour movement.