Automobile Workers and Industry in Globalising Asia

(English, 2004, 122pp)
The articles chosen to be included in this book were previously presented in a workshop on the automobile industry in Delhi, November 2003, organised by Asia Resource Monitor Centre and Centre for Education and Communication. The workshop aimed to identify 1) challenges to workers in globalising Asia’s auto industry and 2) the basis of new solidarity between workers in different countries however under the same management of globalising Asian TNCs. The contributions included in this book shows investment trend, corporate restructuring and new employment strategies of Asia-originated car manufacturers. It also explores union strategies and roles of NGOs against the restructuring in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, India, China, Philippines, and other ASEAN countries.