China's Worker Unrest: Transforming from 'World Factory' to a 'World Market'?


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Case Code: HROB137
Case Length: 29 Pages
Period: 2007-2010
Organization: Honda Auto Parts Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Honda) Foshan / Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. (Foxconn) / Shenzhen
Pub Date: 2011
Teaching Note: Not Available
Countries: China
Industry: Automotive / Electronics / Manufacturing

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"China has been hit with a recent wave of labor unrest, including strikes and partial shutdowns of factories, underscoring what experts call one of the most dramatic effects of three decades of startling growth: A seemingly endless supply of cheap labor is drying up, and workers are no longer willing to endure sweatshop-like conditions."1

- The Washington Post, June 15, 2010.

"The labor union should promote fairness in society instead of promoting economic development. But in China, the labor union doesn't do that."2,3

- Lin Yanling, professor at the China Institute of Industrial Relations4, 2010.

Introduction

The People's Republic of China (China), which had come to be known as the 'world factory', attracting investments from all over the world,5 had been facing growing social unrest.

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1] Keith B. Richburg, "Labor Unrest in China Reflects Changing Demographics, More Awareness of Rights," www.washingtonpost.com, June 7, 2010.
2] "Nieuws & Artikels," www.chinaworks.be/index.php
3] All workers in China are members of the government-controlled national federation of trade unions. It is the sole union for representing the rights of workers. However, the union has come for increasing criticism over its neutrality in representing genuine labor cause; workers accuse it of being a state instrument for quelling labor unrest.
4] China Institute of Industrial Relations (CIIR) is a regular institution of higher education in the areas of trade unionism, labor law, industrial relations, economic management and public administration. It is located in Beijing affiliated to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) The school came up in 1946, and has trained professionals for the Chinese labor movement and administration.
5] Mary Hennock, "China: The World's Factory Floor," http://news.bbc.co.uk, November 1, 2010.

 

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