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


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Case Details:

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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Anatomy of the Strike at Honda

China was known for its flexible labor market that did not give workers the opportunity for collective bargaining. There was only one workers' union, the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) that was recognized under the law...

Genesis of China as a World Factory

The People's Republic of China was established in 1949. The 'Great Leap Forward' was initiated in 1957 by Chairman Mao Zedong (Mao) to ensure rapid economic development. Under it, the state began to fund its industrialization by taking over agriculture and monopolizing grain distribution and supply...

Social Costs of Growth

According to experts, the mingong were ready to take up any occupation as long as they got a chance to work and retain savings so that they could eventually return to their homes in the countryside and start a small business or build a new house...

Winds of Change

Experts had been remarking that it had become increasingly difficult to get a sizable number of pliant laborers from the rural districts to run the factories. The factories were suffering from a high turnover and manufacturers were finding it difficult to hire workers, given the shortage of unskilled migrant workers, especially in southern China...

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