Transcript workers in Guangdong(LDC)

Tiffany Chow 5A(9)
Jasmine Ho 5A(13)
Carmen Lam 5A(20)
Monica Lam 5A(21)
Bibian Lam 5C(16)
 To less developed countries(LDC), globalization
brings more positive impacts then negative
impacts.
 To more developed countries (MDC),
globalization brings more negative impacts
than positive impacts.
 As economic men, they have to minimize
the cost and maximize profit.
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Foxconn is a Taiwanese company, which is a MDC
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Sets up factories in China, which is a LDC
(As cheap labor and low land rent  cheap
production cost)
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Imports raw materials from China, India, which are
LDCs (because of low prices)
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final products to USA, the European countries, Asian
countries and etc, which are MDCs
(because of their higher living standard able to
purchase different kind of goods)
PULL
FACTORS
• World factory is the place to produce the raw
materials in mass production for the world
market
• Example :Foxconn
In LDC(China), there are pull factors to attract
industrialist to invest
-Cheap & skilled labour(because of good
institution in big cities) high productivity for
mass production
-Supportive government-less restriction on
doing business, have tax exemption
-Cheap & large land (because the lands are
from farming) lower production cost &
easy to have expansion
-Large market( because China has a large
population) earn more profits
 For example, along in Pearl River Delta,
there are many factories
 In MDC(Taiwan), there are push factors to repel
industrialist to invest
-Expensive labour(because of great demand of
labour) high labour cost and production
-Restrictive government more restriction on
doing business like environmental tax
-Expensive and small land(because of
competition of land) higher production cost
-Saturated market (because of long time of
development)less customers earn less
profits
A) workers in Taiwan(MDC)
 Negative impact
 Economically,
-flow of labour to China loss of jobs
-lower job opportunities manufacturing
workers are more easier to be unemployed
 Socially,
-the unemployed workers have a lower living
standard, for example , they have to face
financial pressure and cut their expenditure
 B)workers in Guangdong(LDC)
 Positive impact
-Jobs to local peoplealleviate the situation
of unemployment
-International flow of labourtransfer of the
technology & skills from MDCs workers in
Guangdong can learn from Taiwan and
increase their competitiveness
B)workers in Guangdong(LDC)
 Negative effects
-Workers have jobs with dull working
processmanagerial problems
-They have to produce a large number of
products because of mass production receive
exploitation,like long working hours and low
wages
-Industrial restructuring unskilled workers are
being laid-off
 富士康聘實習生做奴工
太陽報2010-10-09
 台資富士康大陸廠房早前多名員工墮樓，外界質疑員工的工作壓力過
大。兩岸三地二十所大專院校近日聯合發布《富士康調研總報告》，
披露富士康強制、超時加班、濫用學生勞工、漠視職業安全隱患等黑
幕。大部分廠房聘用學生勞工高達五成，由於僱用學生毋須簽署正式
合約，倘學生勞工受傷，面臨企業、學校、政府三不管困境，不獲合
理賠償。 北京大學、清華大學、香港理工大學、香港中文大學、台灣
大學等大專院校的師生，用問卷、訪談方式，更派出十四名調查團成
員應徵入廠放蛇，深入調查富士康位於深圳、南京、上海等九市的十
二個廠區。
 加班超過規定逾倍
 報告指出，富士康利用無需跟學生勞工簽正式合約、無需繳納社會保
險的法律漏洞，大量僱用實習生為廉價勞動力，強迫學生勞工超時加
班、強制未成年工人加夜班。學生主要來自於河南、安徽、四川的中
專院校。他們月平均加班八十三點二小時，違反《勞動合同法》每月
最多加班不超過三十六小時規定，甚至剋扣加班費。
 富士康宣稱自六月起加薪三成，實際加薪幅度不足一成，加薪後取消
年資津貼和季度獎等福利，工作量明顯增加，加薪明升暗降。另外，
工廠以暴力手段管治工人，逾三成八工人曾被管理人員或保安限制自
由；逾一成六工人曾遭管理人員和保安體罰。
 富士康跳樓女半癱 農父賣光牛羊求救
(明報)2010年9月19日 星期日 05:10
 【明報專訊】「這是一個卑微農民的呼號，幫幫這個無法行走
的孩子！」富士康跳樓潮雖暫告平息，但賠償問題仍困擾家屬。
其中「第二跳」倖存少女現半身癱瘓，其農民父親奔走半年，
賣光家中牛羊，農田荒蕪，加上兒子聾啞，祖母老邁，走投無
路下昨發出求救信，指「富士康軍事化冷冰的氛圍，對員工高
壓、漠視」，希望集團對造成員工的傷害作相應補償。
 富士康第二跳少女田玉年僅17歲，原與父親田建黨同住湖北省
老河口市孟樓鎮。田父說﹕「田玉是個懂事的女兒，會帶上弟
弟妹妹幫我幹農活、摘棉花，幫媽媽洗衣服、做家務。離開家
了，也會定時給家裏打電話。她喜歡養花，喜歡玉蘭花、茉莉
花。一想到她未來要在病床上度過，我心裏止不住地難受……」
 「工作枯燥 上級苛刻 同事冷漠」
 田玉去年中專畢業後，今年2月隨表姐到深圳打工，在富士康龍
華廠區工作。「她向我們說，龐大的廠區像個迷宮，第一天就
迷路了。一上生產線，就得整天高強度地工作，用肉眼檢查產
品上是否有刮痕；枯燥、不能很好的休息。上級非常嚴厲苛刻，
未犯錯已被線長粗暴地冤枉責罵。同寢室的8個姑娘來自8個不
同的事業群（部門），完全沒交流，感情十分冷漠。這是一個
毫無人情味的冰窖。」
 田父認為富士康的無理壓力逼女兒走向自毁，「出事那天，是
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每月發薪的時間，田玉工作一月有餘，卻沒有領到工資。她在
幾個部門跑來跑去，問了又問，卻沒人告訴她要去哪裏領工資
卡。這時她身上只剩下幾十塊錢，手機也壞了，無法與外界聯
繫。回了寢室，面對的卻是那些陌生冷漠的面孔。」今年3月
17日，田玉從龍華園區宿舍4樓跳下，幸送院搶救保住性命。
田父從醫生得知，女兒脊椎神經受創，腹部以下完全沒知覺，
「這輩子，她已感覺不到雙腿的存在，不能自理大小便，無法
出去打工、獨自出門了」。田父說，女兒左手亦骨折畸變，要
繼續接受手術。「治療及生活費用是難以承擔的天文數字。」
家貧缺勞動者 促集團賠償
田父慨嘆，自己背負一個悲劇之家，妻子頂著嚴重胃病在醫院
照顧女兒，「田玉的妹妹剛上初二，12歲的弟弟是個聾啞人，
還有一個80多歲的奶奶……我將家裏所有牛羊全部賣掉了，再
向人借了1000元就趕來深圳」。他說，家裏已沒有勞動力，以
後只剩自己苦耕10餘畝粟米，一年收成三四千元。
廠方已賠27萬醫療費
「富士康軍事化的管理方式、冷冰的企業氛圍、對員工的高壓
與漠視，跟田玉跳樓有很重要的關係，儘管我認為跳樓是錯誤
的。」田父希望富士康檢討自身管理，賠償田玉日後的醫療費
和生活費等，「富士康至今已經支付27萬醫療費，我卻想給女
兒找更好的醫院」。但他與富士康的談判一直未有最終結果，
「隨著事情被社會淡忘，我家的田地也荒蕪了，這樣下去，只
好把女兒接回去，繼續種田吧。做父親的，多累都值得」。
D) Taiwan government (MDC)
 Negative impact
 entrepreneur should fulfill the
responsibilities of a Taiwanese, i.e.
contributing to his own country, Investing in
china is a bit unfair to Taiwan
 Deindustrialization to LDC:
- Less jobs
- New investment shrinks
- Local economy declines
- Vicious cycle of economic recession & urban
decay
E) Environmentalists in Guangdong (LDC)
 Negative impact
 Oppose globalization & multi-point
production because of environmental
problems
 Although Foxconn is research and
development intensive, it does not emit
much pollutants
- - But, the factory has to use water for
cooling the machines
thermal
pollution  adversely affects the ecosystem
of river
F) Human rights protectors in
Guangdong(LDC)
 Negative impact
 Exploitation of workers is common (as
insufficient labour right system to protect
workers)
• The workers have to work for a long time
each day to reach the demand set by
Foxconn  overworked  under pressure
and being exploited  having mental
illness
 Yes
 China is ‘factory of the world’
many companies still rely on factories in
China to produce electronic components
 Large population in China
large pool of labour
 Low land rent and wages in China
lower production cost
obtain more profit
 Exploitation of workers
 Implement laws of minimum wage,
maximum working hours of the workers
e.g. unemployment in Taiwan
Taiwan government can…
 diversify economy
 hold retraining programmes for
workers
 provide CSSA
 seek for investments
 Pollution
 Monitor air quality by setting up laws
 There are more negative impacts than positive
impacts brought by globalization to less
developed countries
 There are also more negative impacts than
positive impacts brought by globalization to
more developed countries.
 Hence, we partly agree with the statement.