TY - JOUR
T1 - Apple, Foxconn, and Chinese workers’ struggles from a global labor perspective
AU - PUN, Ngai
AU - SHEN, Yuan
AU - GUO, Yuhua
AU - LU, Huilin
AU - CHAN, Jenny
AU - SELDEN, Mark
PY - 2016/4/2
Y1 - 2016/4/2
N2 - To enrich the discussion of global labor, between 2010 and 2016, we studied Apple’s value chain, Foxconn’s mode of labor control, and Chinese workers’ struggles. Through our fieldwork in China we also examined Apple’s and Foxconn’s responses to the spate of worker suicides, workers’ resistance, the activism of scholar and student groups, and transnational justice campaigns. We conclude with reflection on global labor studies in light of the debates between Karl Polanyi’s counter movement and Karl Marx’s class-based struggle.
AB - To enrich the discussion of global labor, between 2010 and 2016, we studied Apple’s value chain, Foxconn’s mode of labor control, and Chinese workers’ struggles. Through our fieldwork in China we also examined Apple’s and Foxconn’s responses to the spate of worker suicides, workers’ resistance, the activism of scholar and student groups, and transnational justice campaigns. We conclude with reflection on global labor studies in light of the debates between Karl Polanyi’s counter movement and Karl Marx’s class-based struggle.
KW - Apple
KW - Chinese workers
KW - Foxconn
KW - global labor studies
KW - student and scholar activism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84976517216&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14649373.2016.1170961
DO - 10.1080/14649373.2016.1170961
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
AN - SCOPUS:84976517216
SN - 1464-9373
VL - 17
SP - 166
EP - 185
JO - Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
JF - Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
IS - 2
ER -
