Foxconn, Ciudad Juárez, and the Trials of Solidarity

IF 0.5 3区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
G. Solis
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In San Jeronimo, Chihuahua, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juárez, a beige monolith of placid architecture hovers over the newly reconstructed US-Mexico border wall. Looking like a mix between a prison and a city built entirely of suburban Walmarts, this is in fact Foxconn's largest assembly plant at the US-Mexico Border; a shrine of sorts to over fifty-five years of low-cost export manufacturing in the region. And in 2010, it was where a decade of labor struggle was about begin. On a cold night in February 2010, around three hundred night workers at Foxconn's San Jeronimo factory on the outskirts of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, anxiously waited for company buses to finally deliver them home after a long shift. Soon enough however, managers filed out of the factory to inform the workers that the due to technical issues, the buses were not coming. According to worker accounts, the managers explained that the best thing these workers could do was work an extra shift, and wait for the buses to arrive later in the morning. Realizing that they were essentially being held against their will at the remote factory, and perhaps fueled by recent lay-offs on the assembly line and consistent pressure to work extra shifts, anger erupted in the crowd. By the end of the night, workers had set fire to the cafeteria, smashed the managers’ dormitory windows, and collided more than once with security guards. Days later, despite Foxconn's assurance to the press that there would be no reprisal, around 75 night-shift workers were identified and fired from the company.
富士康,Ciudad Juárez和团结的考验
在圣赫罗尼莫,奇瓦瓦州,在城市Juárez的郊区,一个米色的建筑巨石在新重建的美墨边境墙上盘旋。看起来像是监狱和完全由郊区沃尔玛建成的城市的混合体,实际上这是富士康在美墨边境最大的装配厂;这是该地区55年来低成本出口制造业的圣地。2010年,十年的劳工斗争即将开始。2010年2月的一个寒冷的夜晚,在墨西哥城市Juárez郊区的富士康圣赫罗尼莫工厂,大约300名夜班工人焦急地等待着公司的公交车,在长时间的轮班后,终于把他们送回家。然而,很快,经理们走出工厂,通知工人们由于技术问题,公共汽车来不了。根据工人们的描述,经理们解释说,这些工人能做的最好的事情就是加班,然后等公交车在早上晚些时候到达。意识到他们在这个遥远的工厂里基本上是被强迫的,也许是由于最近装配线上的裁员和持续的加班压力,愤怒在人群中爆发了。到当晚结束时,工人们点燃了食堂,打碎了经理宿舍的窗户,并不止一次与保安相撞。几天后,尽管富士康向媒体保证不会进行报复,但仍有大约75名夜班工人被发现并被解雇。
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期刊介绍: ILWCH has an international reputation for scholarly innovation and quality. It explores diverse topics from globalisation and workers’ rights to class and consumption, labour movements, class identities and cultures, unions, and working-class politics. ILWCH publishes original research, review essays, conference reports from around the world, and an acclaimed scholarly controversy section. Comparative and cross-disciplinary, the journal is of interest to scholars in history, sociology, political science, labor studies, global studies, and a wide range of other fields and disciplines. Published for International Labor and Working-Class History, Inc.
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