Global Production and Labour Regimes: Workers' Struggle In The Automotive Sector In India

全球生产和劳工制度：印度汽车行业工人的斗争

• 批准号: ES/W005840/1
• 负责人: Smytta Yadav
• 金额: $ 11.57万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW005840%2F1
• 关键词: Global; Production; Labour; Regimes; Workers

As the Indian economy aspires to grow, the formal sector of the economy, and especially manufacturing, is crucial. However, informality of labour, which is normally associated with the agricultural sector, has now emerged even in the industrial/manufacturing sector. In India's automotive sector, about 70-80% of the workforce (ET Bureau 2011) works on temporary contracts and almost 100% of the workforce in the global supply chain of manufacturing and assembling of autoparts is informal with no recourse to either the welfare state or international labour oganisations. India's automotive sector employs more than 13 million workers, making it a significant part of India's industrial base (India Brand Equity Foundation 2015).The fellowship investigates the nature of informality using an interdisciplinary approach combining labour studies, industrial relations, transnational workers' solidarity, geography, anthropology, and development studies.Fellowship Aims1) To develop publications in peer reviewed journals and submit an edited book proposal titled "Challenges to Pro-Labour Industrial Policy in India". The publications will investigate challenges faced by trade unions to be democratically organised against the growing influence of a transnational global production network in the automobile sector. More broadly, it employs an innovative research methodology to better understand the complex industrial supply chain network of local and regional suppliers and assemblers in the Indian automotive industry.2) To conduct further limited research (30 days) into the transnational dimensions of India's automotive sector. The study is located in the major industrial clusters of Haryana, Gurgaon-Manesar and Faridabad-Ballabhgarh, which are the major production sites of the National Capital Region auto manufacturing hub. I will use as sources: (a) semi-structured interviews with workers, union leaders, labour activists, lawyers, state officials and labour scholars; (b) newspaper reports on strikes and labour unrest; (c) statistical data by governments and the International Organisation (ILO); (d) documents produced by governments, employers and trade unions and (e) secondary literature from the academic field.3) To communicate research findings to academic and non-academic audiences in India, North America, and Europe.4) To extend my professional networks by participating in the Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG), Association of American Geographers ( AAG,US) and Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Conferences in 2022 (Venues and Dates TBC).5) To apply for grants for further research.Training and Professional DevelopmentDuring the fellowship, I will participate in different research and career development courses through the researcher development programme at Manchester University, including those on training how to write effective research applications and how to capture the impact of research. These will especially assist me in completing my fellowship's objectives.In preparation for the study of working lives of contractual workers in India, I will participate in and complete advanced methodological training in applied ethnography offered through NWSS DTP ESRC advanced training meant for early-career researchers (it takes place end-April/ May each year). This 2-day intensive course is specifically designed to: 1) address the many complex advances in contemporary ethnographic techniques and approaches, and 2) to consider the diverse issues around the application of ethnography to real-world problems and solutions.Two articles in peer reviewed journals and a co-edited book proposal from the fellowship are expected outcomes. The publications will question how much trade unions can be democratically organised against the growing influence of a transnational global production network in the automobile sector which influences local and regional suppliers and assemblers of auto parts.

随着印度经济渴望增长，正规经济部门，尤其是制造业，至关重要。然而，通常与农业部门联系在一起的劳动力的非正规性，现在甚至出现在工业/制造业部门。在印度汽车行业，大约70%-80%的劳动力(ET Bureau 2011)以临时合同的形式工作，在全球汽车零部件制造和组装供应链中，几乎100%的劳动力是非正式的，既不求助于福利国家，也不求助于国际劳工组织。印度汽车业雇用了1300多万名工人，使其成为印度工业基础的重要组成部分(印度品牌权益基金会2015)。该奖学金使用结合劳资研究、劳资关系、跨国工人团结、地理学、人类学和发展研究的跨学科方法来调查非正式性的性质。奖学金目的1)在同行评议的期刊上发表出版物，并提交一份编辑后的图书提案，题为《印度支持劳工的产业政策的挑战》。这些出版物将调查以民主方式组织的工会面临的挑战，以应对跨国全球生产网络在汽车行业日益增长的影响力。更广泛地说，它采用了一种创新的研究方法，以更好地了解印度汽车行业当地和地区供应商和装配商的复杂工业供应链网络。2)对印度汽车行业的跨国规模进行进一步的有限研究(30天)。该研究位于哈里亚纳邦、古尔冈-马内萨尔和法里达巴德-巴拉布加尔邦的主要工业集群，这些都是国家首都地区汽车制造中心的主要生产基地。我将使用以下资料来源：(A)对工人、工会领袖、劳工活动家、律师、政府官员和劳工学者的半结构化访谈；(B)报纸上关于罢工和劳工骚乱的报道；(C)各国政府和国际劳工组织(劳工组织)的统计数据；(D)政府、雇主和工会制作的文件以及(E)学术领域的二手文献。3)向印度、北美和欧洲的学术和非学术受众交流研究成果。4)通过参加2022年皇家地理学会(RGS-IBG)、美国地理学家协会(AAG，美国)和社会经济促进会(SASE)的会议(地点和日期TBC)来扩大我的专业网络。5)申请进一步研究的补助金。培训和专业发展在奖学金期间，我将通过曼彻斯特大学的研究员发展计划参加不同的研究和职业发展课程，包括培训、如何编写有效的研究应用程序以及如何捕捉研究的影响。为了准备研究印度合同工的工作生活，我将参加并完成通过NWSS DTP ESRC高级培训提供的应用人种学高级方法学培训，该培训旨在为职业生涯早期的研究人员提供培训(每年4月底/5月底举行)。这个为期两天的强化课程是专门设计的：1)解决当代人种学技术和方法中的许多复杂的进步，2)考虑人种学在现实世界问题和解决方案中的应用的不同问题。两篇发表在同行评议期刊上的文章和一份来自该奖学金的共同编辑的图书提案是预期的结果。这些出版物将质疑，面对跨国全球生产网络在汽车行业日益增长的影响力，工会能在多大程度上以民主方式组织起来，这种网络影响着当地和地区的汽车零部件供应商和装配商。