Tag Archives: auto industry

Repeated division

Posted on 2018-11-26 by gongchao

Since November 2016, FAW-VW, Volkswagen’s joint venture in Changchun, China, has never been clear of labor disputes around the issues of temporary labor. Continue reading →

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Blick in Chinas Autofabriken

Posted on 2018-03-30 by gongchao

Buchbesprechung zu Zhang Lu, Arbeitskämpfe in Chinas Autofabriken, aus der Wildcat #99 (Winter 2016). Continue reading →

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Vorwort: Arbeitskämpfe in Chinas Autofabriken

Posted on 2018-03-13 by gongchao

Vorwort des Herausgebers der deutschen Ausgabe von Arbeitskämpfe in Chinas Autofabriken der Autorin Zhang Lu. Continue reading →

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Preface of the German edition of “Inside China’s Automobile Factories”

Posted on 2018-03-13 by gongchao

This preface was written by the editor of the German version of Zhang Lu’s book Inside China’s Automobile Factories. Continue reading →

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Unrest in China’s Car Factories

Posted on 2018-03-07 by gongchao

We created a new page to collect material on auto workers’ protests in China. Continue reading →

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Has the Workers’ Protest at FAW-VW Ended?

Posted on 2018-01-15 by gongchao

At the close of 2017, the yearlong temporary agency workers’ protest for equal pay at FAW-VW’s Changchun plant seemed to have ended. On December 21, FAW-VW suddenly offered all the temporary agency workers five-year contracts, inserting the condition that workers had to confirm all remuneration issues during their employment period through the temporary agency had been cleared up. Continue reading →

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Review and interview: Zhang Lu on exploitation and workers’ struggle in China’s auto industry

Posted on 2016-04-25 by gongchao

This piece by Ralf Ruckus was published by Sozial.Geschichte Online (#18, 2016). Continue reading →

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