Year |
Month |
Place |
Form |
Participants |
Reasons |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 |
September |
Chennai, India |
Sit-in strike |
1.500 |
Wage, reemployment of dismissed unionists |
November |
Foshan |
Strike |
7.000 |
Wage, relocation |
|
2011 |
January |
Chengdu |
Riot |
Dozens |
Dormitory conditions |
March |
Chengdu |
Strike |
200 |
Wage |
|
October |
Shenzhen |
Slow-down strike |
Dozens |
Work speed |
|
2012 |
January |
Wuhan |
Suicide threat |
150 |
Wage |
January |
Yantai |
Strike |
1.000 |
Wage |
|
February |
Ningbo |
Strike |
Hundreds |
Wage for work on holidays |
|
March |
Taiyuan |
Strike |
1.000 |
Wage |
|
April |
Taiyuan |
Strike |
2.000 |
Wage |
|
April |
Wuhan |
Suicide threat |
200 |
Wage, working conditions |
|
April |
Shenzhen |
Roof occupation |
Dozens |
Job transfers/relocation |
|
May |
Jundiai, Brasil |
Strike threat |
2.500 |
Overcrowded buses, bad food, no drinking water |
|
June |
Chengdu |
Riot |
1.000 |
Dispute with company security guards |
|
September |
Taiyuan |
Riot |
2.000 |
Attack by company security guards |
|
October |
Zhengzhou |
Strike |
3.000+ |
Conflict about quality standards |
|
2013 |
January |
Fengcheng |
Strike, street blockade |
1.000+ |
Wage, working conditions |
January |
Beijing |
Strike |
Thousands |
Wage, year-end bonuses |
|
March |
Foshan |
Strike |
Thousands |
Relocation, redundancies |
|
June |
Foshan |
Strike |
1.000 |
Relocation, severance pay, social benefits |
|
July |
Shenzhen |
Strike |
200+ |
Wages, overtime cuts |
|
July |
Foshan |
Strike |
1.500 |
Relocation, severance pay |
Sources:
If not stated otherwise, all places are located in the People’s Republic of China
Chennai, India 09/2010 http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=24149&l=2
Foshan 11/2010 http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/100934
Chengdu 01/2011 + 03/2011, Shenzhen 10/2011, Wuhan 01/2012 see iSlaves-book
Yantai 01/2012 http://www.clb.org.hk/en/node/110056
Ningbo 02/2012 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/feb2012/chin-f27.shtml
Taiyuan 03/2012 http://micgadget.com/24169/refuse-to-build…
Taiyuan 04/2012 https://chinastrikes.crowdmap.com/reports/view/480
Wuhan 04/2012 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/may2012/foxn-m12.shtml
Shenzhen 04/2012 https://chinastrikes.crowdmap.com/reports/view/486
Jundiai, Brazil 05/2012 http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/26/foxconn_brazil_workers…
Chengdu 06/2012 https://chinastrikes.crowdmap.com/reports/view/520
Taiyuan 09/2012 https://chinastrikes.crowdmap.com/reports/view/548
Zhengzhou 10/2012 http://chinalaborwatch.org/news/new-433.html
Fengcheng 01/2013 http://sacom.hk/archives/971
Beijing 01/2013 http://shanghaiist.com/2013/01/24/thousands_of_foxconn_workers_strike.php
Foshan 03/2013 http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/04/chin-a04.html
Foshan 06/2013 http://bagongwatch.tumblr.com, http://www.umwaelzung.de
Shenzhen 07/2013 >http://www.labornotes.org, http://www.wantchinatimes.com
Foshan 07/2013 http://www.labornotes.org/2013/08/china%E2%80%99s-young-workers-fight-back-foxconn