1st Edition

China's Workers Under Assault Exploitation and Abuse in a Globalizing Economy

By Anita Chan Copyright 2001
272 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

This important book contains case studies with substantive analysis of Chinese workers in a variety of settings: state enterprises, urban collectives, township and village enterprises, domestic private enterprises, and foreign funded enterprises. The cases include urban workers migrant workers from the countryside, and workers who are sent to work outside of China. The analytical framework for... Read more
1. Introduction; 2. Forced Labor and Violations of ShopFloor-Labor Standards (Five case studies); 3. Corporal Punishment and Physical Assaults (Six case studies); 4. Violations of Occupational Safety and Health (Four case studies); 5. Violations of the Right to Work (Two case studies); 6. Violations of the Right to Collective Action and to Organize (Two case studies); 7. Indentured Labor Abroad (Four case studies); 8. Workers' Resistance (Five case studies); 9. In Pursuit of Labor Rights

Biography

Anita Chan