Flexible workforces and low profit margins: electronics assembly between Europe and China

"This book investigates restructuring in the electronics industry and in particular the impact of a ‘Chinese’ labour regime on work and employment practices in the electronics assembly in Europe. It studies Foxconn, the world largest electronics manufacturing service provider and the main assem...

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Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Brussels 2016
ETUI
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19106118124919243909-Flexible-workforces-and-low-pr.htm
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description "This book investigates restructuring in the electronics industry and in particular the impact of a ‘Chinese’ labour regime on work and employment practices in the electronics assembly in Europe. It studies Foxconn, the world largest electronics manufacturing service provider and the main assember of Apple's iPhone and iPad. The authors examine in detail whether work and employment practices established in mainland China have been exported to factories in Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary and Turkey, and how these practices have been adapted to the social actors and institutional context of the European host country. The book thus provides a basis for identifying challenges involved in organising workers and opportunities for improving working conditions in the electronics industry through labour representation."
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physical 238 p.
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publishDate 2016
publisher Brussels
ETUI
spellingShingle assembly line work
electronics industry
industrial restructuring
labour relations
multinational enterprise
trade unionization
work organization
working conditions
production networks
Flexible workforces and low profit margins: electronics assembly between Europe and China
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title Flexible workforces and low profit margins: electronics assembly between Europe and China
topic assembly line work
electronics industry
industrial restructuring
labour relations
multinational enterprise
trade unionization
work organization
working conditions
production networks
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19106118124919243909-Flexible-workforces-and-low-pr.htm