Disposable Bodies and Labor Rights: Workers in China's Automotive Industry

dc.contributor.authorChan, Anita
dc.contributor.authorChen, Yiu Por
dc.contributor.authorXie, Yuhua
dc.contributor.authorWei, Zhao
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Cathy
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:53:46Z
dc.date.available2015-12-07T22:53:46Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2020-12-27T07:30:24Z
dc.description.abstractThis article focuses on the serious occupational health and safety (OHS) injuries affecting the workers of one of China�s most important industries-automotive assembly-and particularly the musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) that are common in the industry. The data are drawn from a 2011 survey of 1,100 autoworkers conducted at twelve assembly plants in seven Chinese cities. By correlating injury rates with age, speed of the assembly line, length of work hours, mental pressure, availability of floaters to replace absent workers, ease to take sick leave, etc., the data identify the most salient causes of MSD. The study raises the issue that the state and management�s ignoring of MSD and the lack of workers� participation and representation in the plants constituted a violation of labor rights. The article offers some remedies that are applicable both in China and internationally.
dc.identifier.issn1089-7011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/27871
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.sourceWorking USA: the journal of labor and society
dc.titleDisposable Bodies and Labor Rights: Workers in China's Automotive Industry
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage529
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage509
local.contributor.affiliationChan, Anita, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationChen, Yiu Por, City University of Hong Kong
local.contributor.affiliationXie, Yuhua, Hunan University
local.contributor.affiliationWei, Zhao, Beijing Normal University
local.contributor.affiliationWalker, Cathy, Canadian Auto Workers (now Unifor)
local.contributor.authoremailu9013691@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidChan, Anita, u9013691
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor169903 - Studies of Asian Society
local.identifier.absfor111705 - Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4294548xPUB54
local.identifier.citationvolume17
local.identifier.doi10.1111/wusa.12136
local.identifier.thomsonID000212005000003
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4294548
local.type.statusPublished Version

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