Apple, Foxconn, and Chinese workers’ struggles from a global labor perspective

Ngai Pun; Yuan Shen; Yuhua Guo; Huilin Lu; Jenny Chan; Mark Selden

doi:10.1080/14649373.2016.1170961

Apple, Foxconn, and Chinese workers’ struggles from a global labor perspective

Ngai Pun, Yuan Shen, Yuhua Guo, Huilin Lu, Jenny Chan, Mark Selden

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	166-185
Number of pages	20
Journal	Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14649373.2016.1170961
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2016

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Apple
Chinese workers
Foxconn
global labor studies
student and scholar activism

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Cultural Studies

UN SDGs

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