Dormitory regime and labor control of migrant workers in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Nguyen Hong Nhung, 阮紅絨
• Other Authors: Hong-zen, Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57723445835133194895

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 東南亞研究所 === 96 === This thesis focuses on the life of Vietnamese migrant workers in Taiwan’s factory dormitory. It is normally believed that after work, workers can take a break to reproduce their labor force for the next day. However, I argue that the dormitory regime is a part of labor control from capitalist. I found that the female migrant workers are dominated by different structural forces, including capitalist control, state’s regulations on migrant workers, and market force. Facing these conditions, these female migrant workers choose a way to cope with these constraints. They are neither consent with the capitalist control, nor confront the domination. They resigned themselves to such domination. We call it 'renming', which is formed in different social contexts.