China on strike : narratives of worker's resistance /

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, ©2016.
Description:xvi, 224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10750158
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Other authors / contributors:Ren, Hao.
Li, Zhongjin.
Friedman, Eli.
ISBN:1608465225
9781608465224
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the English Edition
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Survival and Collective Struggles of Workers in China's Coastal Private Enterprises since the 1990s
  • Part I. Struggles against factory Closures
  • Chapter 1. Visit to a Bankrupt Factory
  • Chapter 2. The Closure of a Hong Kong-Invested Company
  • Part II. Struggles against Wage Cuts
  • Section 1. Ordinary Strike Participants
  • Chapter 3. A Strike Demanding High-Temperature Subsidies in a Japanese Factory
  • Chapter 4. A Strike in an Electronics Factory in 2002
  • Chapter 5. A Strike Triggered by Wage Arrears
  • Chapter 6. A Male Worker's Two Strike Experiences
  • Chapter 7. An Electronics Factory Strike in 2005
  • Section 2. Strike Leaders
  • Chapter 8. A Female Workers Three Strike Experiences
  • Chapter 9. Interview with a Worker on Strike in a Shenzhen Factory
  • Chapter 10. A Strike Resulting from Increasing Work Intensity
  • Chapter 11. A Strike and Roadblock Triggered by Bad Food
  • Chapter 12. A Strike Caused by Delayed Payment of Wages
  • Part III. Strikes for Wage Increases
  • Chapter 13. A Collective Slowdown in a Molding Factory
  • Chapter 14. Strike in a Large Electronics (Motor) Factory in 2007
  • Chapter 15. A Strike Demanding Pay Increases in 2010
  • Postscript