Satanic Mills or Silicon Islands?

McKay, Steven C.

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“…The principal focus is on labour in the electronics supply chain, including working conditions and labour as agency, consistent with recent studies of labour as the key element in global production chains or networks (McKay, ; Smith et al ., ; Taylor and Bain, ; Webster et al ., ; Taylor et al ., ). In particular, the concentration of capital in China and the important roles played by Asian contractors open new terrains of labour struggle (Silver, ; Appelbaum, ; Silver and Zhang, ).…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 62%

“…Brown () argues that ‘contractor factories’ are often not provided with any financial support for corporate responsibility programmes required by brands; ‘instead they face slashed profit margins and additional costs that can be made up only by further squeezing their own labor force’. High‐tech commodity producers therefore ‘focus their labor concerns on cost, availability, quality, and controllability’ to enhance profitability in the export market (McKay, : 42, italics original).…”

Section: The Politics Of Global Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the early 1970s, the Philippines hosted manufacturing plants for semiconductor firms such as Intel and Texas Instruments. In these newly industrialising countries, most factory workers were young women migrants from the countryside (Ong, [1987] ; Deyo, ; Koo, ; McKay, ).…”

Section: Global Production and A New Working Class: Japan China Easmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The politics of global production:Apple,Foxconn andChina's new working class

Chan¹,

Pun²,

Selden³

2013

New Technol Work Employ

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Apple's commercial triumph rests in part on the outsourcing of its consumer electronics production to Asia. Drawing on extensive fieldwork at China's leading exporter-the Taiwaneseowned Foxconn-the power dynamics of the buyer-driven supply chain are analysed in the context of the national terrains that mediate or even accentuate global pressures. Power asymmetries assure the dominance of Apple in price setting and the timing of product delivery, resulting in intense pressures and illegal overtime for workers. Responding to the highpressure production regime, the young generation of Chinese rural migrant workers engages in a crescendo of individual and collective struggles to define their rights and defend their dignity in the face of combined corporate and state power.

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The politics of global production:Apple,Foxconn andChina's new working class

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Pun²,

Selden³

2013

New Technol Work Employ

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“…In the Philippines the suburban fringe of Metro Manila became the site of textiles manufacturing and electronics assembly (Kelly, 2000;McKay, 2006). Klein (2000, pages 211-212) described the atmosphere in a textiles manufacturing Philippine SEZ in the 1990s as a "place of pure work", dominated by female workers in low-end sweatshop factories, patrolled by armed guards, and devoid of consumption spaces, where "not even candy and drink vend ing" occurs.…”

Section: Conceptual Framework: From Manufacturing To Service-based Sezsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Islands of globalisation: Offshore Services and the Changing Spatial Divisions of Labour

Kleibert

2015

Environ Plan A

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The changing international division of labour presents opportunities for developing countries to attract foreign investments and generate employment in the offshore service sector. This paper focuses on developments in the Philippines, which has become a large exporter o f business process outsourcing services over the past decade. The sector employs close to 800000 highly educated young workers, the majority o f whom work night shifts in call centres. W here do offshore service firms invest in the Philippines, which spatial transform ations occur as a result, and why? This paper m aps the location o f offshore service investments on a national and regional level and traces the genesis of service-based special economic zones (SEZs), which combine functions o f service delivery for global m arkets with increasingly globalised consum ption patterns. These service-based SEZs arise due to location choice factors o f foreign investors in services offshoring, who require skilled labour and prefer m odern and secure environments, modelled according to their home country. Changing governm ent policies on spatial zoning facilitated the rise of these SEZs in central business districts in M etro M anila and existing powerful real estate developers not only enabled this development, but are also the prim ary local beneficiaries o f this feature o f contem porary globalisation.

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“…Violence by police and private security forces has allegedly been directed against striking workers and union certification organizers, while prominent local labour leaders have been assassinated in the area in recent years (KLEIN, 2000;KELLY, 2001;MCKAY, 2005). Anti-union strategies pursued by employers, zone administrators, and local government officials have been the basis for international campaigns waged by the Clean Clothes Campaign, the Maquila Solidarity Network, and other advocacy groups.…”

Section: Industrial Development In Cavite the Philippinesmentioning

confidence: 98%

From Global Production Networks to Global Reproduction Networks: Households, Migration, and Regional Development in Cavite, the Philippines

Kelly

2009

Regional Studies

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Kelly P. F. From global production networks to global reproduction networks: households, migration, and regional development in Cavite, the Philippines, Regional Studies. This paper suggests an extension to global production network approaches that seek to understand the processes of regional development in Asia. In most cases, the network metaphor presents an unrealized potential to incorporate diverse actors and spaces in analysis. Using a case in the Philippines, this paper suggests that local households and communities - the spaces of reproduction - should be considered actors in regional industrial development as an essential complement to firms and governments. Furthermore, spaces of reproduction are also engaged in the formation of global networks through migration and remittances. Such migration is partly driven by the growth in industrial employment. [image omitted] Kelly P. F. Des reseaux de production mondiaux aux reseaux de reproduction mondiaux: les menages, la migration et l'amenagement du territoire a Cavite, aux Philippines, Regional Studies. Cet article laisse supposer le developpement des facons d'aborder les reseaux de production mondiaux qui cherchent a comprendre les processus d'amenagement du territoire en Asie. En regle generale, la notion de reseau constitue un potentiel non realise d'incorporer divers acteurs et espaces dans une analyse. A partir d'une etude de cas aux Philippines, cet article laisse supposer que les menages et les communautes locaux - les espaces de reproduction - devraient etre consideres comme des acteurs dans l'amenagement du territoire industriel, des partenaires essentiels des entreprises et des gouvernements. Qui plus est, les espaces de reproduction s'engagent aussi dans l'etablissement des reseaux mondiaux, par la migration et par les versements. La force motrice d'une telle migration est en partie la croissance de l'emploi industriel. Reseaux de production Reproduction Philippines Migration Menage Versements Kelly P. F. Von globalen Produktionsnetzen zu globalen Reproduktionsnetzen: Haushalte, Migration und Regionalentwicklung in Cavite (Philippinen), Regional Studies. Dieser Beitrag enthalt einen Vorschlag zur Erweiterung der Ansatze fur globale Produktionsnetze, um ein besseres Verstandnis der Prozesse der Regionalentwicklung in Asien zu ermoglichen. In den meisten Fallen bietet die Metapher des Netzes ein ungenutztes Potenzial zur Einbeziehung verschiedener Akteure und Raume in die Analyse. Anhand eines Falls in den Philippinen wird vorgeschlagen, dass lokale Haushalte und Gemeinschaften - die Raume der Reproduktion - als Akteure in der regionalen Industrieentwicklung und als wesentliche Erganzung von Firmen und Regierungen angesehen werden sollten. Daruber hinaus sind Reproduktionsraume aufgrund von Migration und Uberweisungen auch an der Bildung von globalen Netzen beteiligt. Eine solche Migration wird teilweise durch das Wachstum der industriellen Beschaftigung bedingt. Produktionsnetze Reproduktion Philippinen Migration Haushalt Uberweisungen Kelly P. F. ...

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Satanic Mills or Silicon Islands?

Cited by 68 publications

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The politics of global production:Apple,Foxconn andChina's new working class

The politics of global production:Apple,Foxconn andChina's new working class

Islands of globalisation: Offshore Services and the Changing Spatial Divisions of Labour

From Global Production Networks to Global Reproduction Networks: Households, Migration, and Regional Development in Cavite, the Philippines

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