Organising labour in globalising Asia / edited by Jane Hutchison and Andrew Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hutchison, Jane, 1954-

Brown, Andrew, 1953-

Series:

New rich in Asia.

The new rich in Asia series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--Asia.

Labor movement.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers wide-ranging insights into the organising capacities of workers in Asia today. Nine case-studies examine workers' responses to class relations through independent unions, non-government organisations (NGOs) and more (dis)organised struggles. Countering the notion that globalisation holds entirely negative consequences for labour organisation, the authors reveal some of the openings for local activism which can arise from transnational production arrangements.The volume covers the ""second-tier"" industrializers - China, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, India

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Organising labour in globalising Asia: An introduction; 2 The rise of the Bangladesh Independent Garment-Workers' Union (BIGU); 3 Assembling class in a Chinese joint venture factory; 4 Export opportunities: Unions in the Philippine garments industry; 5 Labour and work organisation in Malaysia's Proton; 6 New organising vehicles in Indonesia: Origins and prospects; 7 After the Kader fire: Labour organising for health and safety standards in Thailand; 8 Labour and the remaking of Bombay

9 Sangharsh: Worker's interventions in the privatisation of Indian telecommunications10 Class and national identity: The case of Filipino migrant workers; Name index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-53189-3

0-203-27903-4

1-134-53190-7

1-280-06810-8

0-203-16480-6

9780203164808

OCLC:

56568183