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

随着印度经济渴望增长，经济的正规部门，特别是制造业，至关重要。然而，通常与农业部门有关的非正规劳动力，现在甚至在工业/制造业部门也出现了。在印度的汽车行业，大约70 - 80%的劳动力（ET Bureau 2011）签订临时合同，全球汽车零部件制造和装配供应链中几乎100%的劳动力是非正式的，没有求助于福利国家或国际劳工组织。印度的汽车行业雇佣了1300多万工人，是印度工业基础的重要组成部分（印度品牌资产基金会2015年）。该奖学金采用跨学科方法，结合劳动研究，劳资关系，跨国工人团结，地理，人类学，研究金的目的1）在同行评审的期刊上发表文章，并提交一份经编辑的题为"印度支持劳动力的产业政策面临的挑战"的书籍提案。这些出版物将调查工会所面临的挑战，以民主方式组织起来，以应对汽车行业跨国全球生产网络日益增长的影响力。更广泛地说，它采用了创新的研究方法，以更好地了解印度汽车行业的本地和区域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层面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-巴拉布加尔的主要工业集群，这些工业集群是国家首都地区汽车制造中心的主要生产基地。我将使用作为来源：（a）对工人、工会领导人、劳工积极分子、律师、国家官员和劳工问题学者的半结构化访谈;（B）报纸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）各国政府编制的文件，雇主和工会以及（e）来自学术领域的二级文献。3）向印度的学术和非学术受众传达研究结果，北美和欧洲。4）通过参加2022年的皇家地理学会（RGS-IBG），美国地理学家协会（AAG，US）和社会经济学促进协会（SASE）会议来扩展我的专业网络（地点及日期待定）5）申请奖学金作进一步研究。培训及专业发展在奖学金期间，我将通过曼彻斯特大学的研究人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NWSS DTP ESRC为早期职业研究人员提供的应用民族志高级方法培训（每年4月底/5月）。这门为期2天的密集课程是专门设计的：1）解决当代民族志技术和方法的许多复杂的进步，2）考虑围绕民族志应用于现实世界的问题和解决方案的各种问题。同行评审期刊上的两篇文章和奖学金的共同编辑书籍提案是预期成果。这些出版物将质疑，在汽车行业跨国全球生产网络的影响力日益增强的情况下，工会可以民主地组织起来，这种影响力影响着当地和区域的汽车零部件供应商和装配商。

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.