Contesting Labor Internationalism: The “Old” Trapped in the “New” in Volkswagen’s South African Plant
Contesting Labor Internationalism: The “Old” Trapped in the “New” in Volkswagen’s South African Plant
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对抗劳工国际主义：大众汽车南非工厂的“旧”困于“新”之中
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2010
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Chris Bolsmann
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Chris Bolsmann
20 世纪 70 年代和 80 年代，大众汽车南非埃滕哈赫工厂和德国沃尔夫斯堡工厂的工会成员之间建立了密切联系。随后的关系导致了工会的国际主义和对南非工人反对种族隔离斗争的声援。南非工厂融入公司全球生产网络后，南非工会面临一系列新的压力和挑战。这导致了2000年的大规模解雇。为了获得国际支持和声援，被解雇的工人利用现有结构，但没有成功，这说明工会国际主义从工人利益转向工会和公司利益。
During the 1970s and 1980s, close linkages were established between unionists in Volkswagen’s Uitenhage plant in South Africa and Wolfsburg in Germany. The ensuing relationship resulted in trade union internationalism and solidarity with South African workers in their struggle against apartheid. After the insertion of the South African plant into the global production networks of the company, a range of new pressures and challenges confronted the union in South Africa. This resulted in the mass dismissal in 2000. In an attempt to garner international support and solidarity, the dismissed workers tapped into existing structures with no success, illustrating the reconfiguration of trade union internationalism away from worker interests to those of the unions and company.