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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Granting the Right to Strike
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Exhibits
Exhibit I: China Labour Unrest in 2010
Exhibit II: Timeline of Strikes in China (2010)
Exhibit III: China's Unit Labor Costs*
Exhibit IV: Average Monthly Wages of Chinese Migrant Workers, (CNY)
Exhibit V: ACFTU Organisational Chart*
Exhibit VI: Percentage of Unionized Workers
Exhibit VII: How Labour Disputes Turn into Social Conflict
Exhibit VIII: China GDP Growth Rate between 1949-2010.
Exhibit IX: GDP Per Person in China 2009, (CNY)
Exhibit X: Chinese Migrant Workers by Employment, 2004 and 2009
Exhibit XI: Chinese Migrant Workers by age, 2009
Exhibit XII: Sectoral Composition of China's Labor Employment
Exhibit XIII: China's Population by Age Group
Exhibit XIV: Annual Growth Rate of Per Capita Real GDP and Real Urban Wage Rate*
Exhibit XV: Legal minimum wage by selected Chinese cities, August 2010, Wage (RMB/month)
Exhibit XVI: Suicides at Foxconn in Shenzhen, January to May, 2010.
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